Pereira Colombia
Colombia
The Prosecutor General's Office closed its investigation into the military's alleged involvement in a 2001 paramilitary massacre near Buga, Valle del Cauca department, after finding no evidence of wrongdoing. There was no progress in investigations of the 2000 and 2001 paramilitary murders of members of the "peace community" of San Jose de Apartado, Antioquia department. Peace community leaders accused the military of complicity in the crimes, and were highly suspicious of government investigators and prosecutors handling the cases. Members of the peace community were generally uncooperative and avoided speaking with authorities, severely limiting the Government's ability to make progress in the investigations. In December, an army officer was convicted of collaborating with paramilitaries in the unsuccessful attempt on the life of labor leader Wilson Borja in 2000 (see Section 6.a ... [Read More]
Colombia
The civilian justice system is an independent branch of government that uses a Napoleonic legal system incorporating some accusatorial elements. On August 31, the President signed a new Criminal Procedure Code. The new Code changes the roles of judges, prosecutors, investigators, and defense attorneys, as well as the presentation of evidence in an accusatory criminal justice system. It was scheduled to begin its staggered implementation in the judicial districts of Bogota, Armenia, Pereira, and Manizales in January 2005. ... [Read More]
E) South America
Jose Jairo Garcia-Giraldo (aka Jota), the head of a Pereira, Colombia heroin trafficking organization sending approximately 20 kilograms of heroin to New York and Philadelphia monthly, was arrested and his operation dismantled. On June 12, the DEA in Bogotá and New York, and the Colombian Heroin Task Force, conducted a joint operation against the Garcia-Giraldo organization. Thirty people were arrested in Colombia and the United States, including Garcia. Over 30 kilograms of heroin and 20 kilograms of cocaine were seized. ... [Read More]
South America – Educational Advising Centers – EducationUSA
Pereira, Risaralda ... website: www.colombopereira.com ... Bogota | Armenia, Quindio | Barranquilla, Atlantico | Bucaramanga, Columbia | Cali, Valle | Cartagena, Bolivar | Manizales | Medellin | Pereira, Risaralda COLOMBIA - Bogota ... [Read More]
Binational Centers – Office of English Language Programs
Academic Director: Terezinha Pereira de Jesus ... PEREIRA, Colombia ... e-mail: diracademico@colombopereira.com ... [Read More]
Official Translators in Colombia / Traductores oficiales Colombia
Pereira, Risaralda ... [Read More]
U.S. Government Assistance
value of assets seized: $22,838,684.08; amounts laundered: $7,465,659.00;amount of commissions received: $449,045.15; total number of Transactions: 30.1st Quarter FY2005 (October 1, 2004-December 31, 2004) Arrest of Norte Valle Cartel (NVC) Lieutenant Dagoberto FLOREZ-Rios in Colombia. On December 28, the DEA Bogotá Country Office reported the arrest of NVC lieutenant Dagoberto FLOREZ-Rios by ... [Read More]
USIA - American Republics Advisers Address List
Pereira, Risaralda ... [Read More]
2003
1111--06/05/03 Remarks by President Neves at the Dialogue on Democracy; Jose Maria Pereira Neves , Prime Minister, Cape Verde; At the Dialogue on Democracies; Coral Gables, Florida ... [Read More]
Index
Adhemar Pereira de Barros, 182, 184, 186, 187, 201, 209 AFL-CIO, 81, 117, 152 ... Pereira dos Santos, Maj. Gen. Adalberto, 192 ... [Read More]
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