Sleep Informed with Key News From This July 17, 2025

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Government prepares conditional release law for armed groups within the framework of total peace The Minister of Justice Eduardo Montealegre lists a bill that would grant conditional release benefits to members of “non-political” armed groups, reforming the Justice and Peace Act of 2005. The initiative, which will reach Congress after July 20, seeks to derail urban peace negotiations in Quibdó, Buenaventura and Medellín through alternative penal…

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The opposition in Congress is preparing a legislative battle against the government’s proposal that would grant conditional release to leaders of criminal organizations. The debate will begin after July 20 when the bill reaches the legislature. Democratic Center representative Hernán Cadavid announced “frontal” opposition and called the initiative “a kind of amnesty prohibited by international regulations.” Cadavid argued that it is “a matter of…

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The project includes cases in which the national Government signs peace agreements with armed groups or decides to bring them to justice

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Medellin and Antioquia reject bill that would benefit heads of criminal gangs Agencia Period... Thu, 17/07/2025 - 12:55 Mayor Federico Gutiérrez and Governor Andrés Julián Rendón criticize the intention of the Petro government to modify the Law of Justice and Peace.

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Alias ‘Tom’, ‘Vallejo’, ‘Douglas’, ‘Carlos Nestre’, among other well-known leaders of criminal gangs in Medellin and the Valle de Aburra, could be favored by the bill prepared by the Ministry of Justice to grant conditional release to ringleaders already convicted, who have served more than five years in prison.