Attorney General

The Attorney General’s Office in Colombia and Mexico plan joint strategies to combat transnational crimes in the region

Within the framework of the international cooperation strategy, the Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, held a meeting in Mexico with Miguel Ángel Méndez Buenos Aires, Deputy Attorney General (Subprocurador General in Spanish) in order to coordinate joint actions to...

The Attorney General highlighted the progress made in clarifying femicides in Risaralda

-In the Department and in the main city, 33% of advance in homicide clarification has been achieved, and 42.31% in rural areas  -The offensive against micro-trafficking led to the dismantling of 23 criminal organizations and the arrest of 184 people; 169 of...

The Office of the Attorney General will create the unit against deforestation and environmental crimes

This unit will have technical support and accompanying of the USAID agency. The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado; and the representative in Colombia of the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), Lawrence J. Sacks, signed a memorandum of understanding that...

The Attorney General participated in a security summit in Bogotá to analyze strategies on justice issues

The Attorney General highlighted that the entity has obtained detention measures in 80% of the known cases. At the end of a meeting between representatives of the Judicial Branch and the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López Hernández; the Attorney General,...

The Attorney General signed a directive about the investigation and prosecution of crimes committed against animals in the country

This directive establishes a methodological plan that will allow, in each case, to carry out an analysis in context determining the relationship with the aggressor, among other aspects. Between 2020 and 2021, the Office of the Attorney General...

It is very important to continue strengthening judicial cooperation with the United States: Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado

In a meeting that was held with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere programs of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement of the U.S. Department of State, topics such as the fight against drug trafficking as...

The Attorney General presented a positive balance about the fight against criminal structures in Norte de Santander

This year a 95% effectiveness has been achieved with the detention measures that have been imposed against alleged members of these criminal networks since 177 of the 186 arrested people have received prison sentences. In Cúcuta, the Attorney General, Francisco...

The Attorney General highlighted the progress made in clarification of prioritized crimes in Caquetá

The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, in the company of Deputy Attorney Martha Janeth Mancera; and the Delegate Director on Public Safety, Luisa Obando Guerrero, arrived in Florencia (Caquetá) and he delivered results on security matters and investigative advances. The...

If we protect our animals and environment we will be less violent: Attorney General Francisco Barbosa

The Office of the Attorney General will issue a directive focused on the prosecution and investigation of crimes that harm animals, under the principle of dignity. The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, participated in a debate on animal abuse, which...

The Attorney General presented important advances concerning public safety in Putumayo

In 2021, more than 73% of the illegal structures that were detected in the department were impacted and progress was made in the clarification of homicide rates. The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, in the company of Deputy Attorney Martha...