Retired Colombian Colonel Elmer Fernández, director of the La Modelo prison in Bogotá, was gunned down by hitmen Thursday, Justice Minister Nestor Osuna confirmed. The assassination was carried ...

In remarks Thursday, Fabio Valencia Cossio, Colombia's minister of the interior and justice, said that he ordered a new staff to run the Arauca prison. The prison's current director and all 30 ...

Prisoners in Colombian prison greet convicted child rapist and murder with beatings and insults Pastor Gomez Vaca, convicted of raping and murdering a 12 year old girl, was subjected to assault in ...

A carrier pigeon in Colombia gave new meaning to the term "jailbird" when officials discovered that it was trying to smuggle cell phone parts into a high-security prison, a news report said.

Tuzman described his prison time to the New York Times as a harrowing ordeal: The former CEO claims he was abused, raped, and threatened at knifepoint by Colombian authorities. Multiple attempts ...