Current "para-politicians" list

The Center for International Policy has provided us with the following information.

CIP Colombia Program
February 19, 2008


There are now fifty-five Colombian national political figures - nearly all of them supporters of the current government - under investigation, on trial, or already found guilty of collaborating with paramilitary groups. This list, compiled by the Colombian think-tank INDEPAZ, is current as of right now.

Caquetá Representative Luis Fernando Almario Rojas
Under preliminary investigation.
Former Sucre Governor and Ambassador to Chile Salvador Arana
Fugitive from justice
Cesar Senator Álvaro Araújo Castro
Detained, currently on trial.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Tolima Representative Pompilio Avendaño
Under preliminary investigation.
Caldas Representative Emilio Enrique Angel Barco
Under preliminary investigation.
Bolívar Senator Vicente Blel Saad
Under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Magdalena Representative Jorge Luis Caballero Caballero
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Magdalena Representative Alfonso Campo Escobar
Detained, pleaded guilty.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Former Meta Governor Edilberto Castro Rendón
Guilty verdict returned
Atlántico Senator Jorge Castro Pacheco
Under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Cesar Representative Alfredo Cuello Baute
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Córdoba Senator Miguel De la Espriella Burgos
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Córdoba Representative Musa Besaile Fayad
Under preliminary investigation.
Sucre Representative Jairo Fernández Quessep
Under preliminary investigation.
Sucre Senator Álvaro García Romero
Detained, currently on trial.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Tolima Representative Gonzalo García Angarita
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Antioquia Senator Guillermo Gaviria Zapata
Under preliminary investigation.
Santander Senator Luis Alberto Gil Castillo
Under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Tolima Senator Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Caldas Senator Adriana Patricia Gutiérrez Jaramillo
Under preliminary investigation.
Santander Representative José Manuel Herrera Cely
Under preliminary investigation.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Córdoba Senator Zulema Jattin Corrales
Under preliminary investigation.
Magdalena Senator Karely Patricia Lara Vence
Detained, currently on trial.
Bolívar Representative Héctor Julio Alfonso López
Under preliminary investigation.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Córdoba Senator Juan Manuel López Cabrales
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Former Magdalena Governor Trino Luna Correa
Pleaded guilty
Atlántico Senator Dieb Nicolás Maloof Cuse
Detained, Pleaded guilty.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Córdoba Senator Julio Manzur
Under preliminary investigation.
Risaralda Senator Habib Merheg Marun
Under preliminary investigation.
Sucre Representative Jairo Enrique Merlano Fernández
Detained, currently on trial.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Former Cesar Governor Hernado Molina Araujo
Under investigation for suspected ties to "El Socio"
Bolívar Senator Reginaldo Enrique Montes Alvarez
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Bolívar Senator William Alfonso Montes Medina
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Cesar Representative Álvaro Morón Cuello
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Sucre Representative Erik Julio Morris Taboada
Detained, pleaded guilty.
Former Presidential Intelligence (DAS) Director (originally from Magdalena department) Jorge Aurelio Noguera Cotes
Detained, under investigation
Antioquia Representative Mauricio Parodi Díaz
Under preliminary investigation.
Cesar Senator Mauricio Pimiento Barrera
Detained, currently on trial.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Magdalena Senator Miguel Pinedo Vidal
Under preliminary investigation.
Antioquia Senator Rubén Darío Quintero
Under preliminary investigation.
Former Vice-Prosecutor General (Vicefiscal) (originally from Sucre department) Andrés Ramírez Moncayo
Under investigation for suspected ties to "El Socio"
Boyacá Senator Ciro Ramírez Pinzón
Under preliminary investigation.
Santander Senator Óscar Josué Reyes Cárdenas
Under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Santander Representative Luis Alfonso Riaño
Under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Putumayo Representative Guillermo Rivera Flórez
Under preliminary investigation.
Magdalena Representative Rodrigo Roncallo Fandiño
Under preliminary investigation.
Antioquia Senator Óscar Suárez Mira
Under preliminary investigation.
Bolívar Representative Fernando Tafur Díaz
Under preliminary investigation.
Caldas Representative Dixon Ferney Tapasco
Under preliminary investigation.
Meta Senator Luis Carlos Torres Rueda
Under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Antioquia Senator (and President Uribe's cousin) Mario Uribe Escobar
Under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Cauca Senator Luis Fernando Velasco
Under preliminary investigation.
Former Huila Governor Rodrigo Villalba
Under investigation for suspected ties to "El Socio"
Magdalena Senator Luis Eduardo Vives Lacouture
Detained, currently on trial.
Resigned post to avoid Supreme Court jurisdiction.
Detained, under formal investigation (indagatoria).
Casanare Representative Óscar Leonidas Wilches Carreño


One investigation has been terminated for lack of evidence, that of Córdoba Representative José de Los Santos Negrete Flórez.