Attorney General

Sentence has been passed on an individual for transporting more than 2000 kilos of marijuana

Based on the evidence showed by the Office of the Attorney General, a judge hearing the case (juez de conocimiento) in Cúcuta (Norte de Santender) sentenced José Alonso Caballero Amado to 21 years and 3 months in prison for...

An arrest warrant was issued for alleged member of the criminal gang Los Romanos

At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, a judge (control de garantias) issued a preventive detention order with imprisonment for Eduardo Alexánder López Correa, alias Chiqui, for being an alleged member of the criminal gang Los...

Man storing firearms in neighborhood Andes Altos in Florencia (Caquetá) received a custodial sentence

Under the coordination of a sectional prosecutor's office, interinstitutional judicial police officers from CTI-Sijin arrested Wilmer Calderón Bermeo in the so-called Los Andes neighborhood in Florencia (Caquetá) during a home search. He was arrested for firearms manufacture, trafficking and...

Office of the Attorney General and European Union launch a project to support investigations on murder of social leaders

The European Union will make a contribution of 7 billion pesos to the Office of the Attorney General in its effort to investigate and clarify crimes against social leaders. The project will strengthen investigations that take place in areas...

Acting Attorney General and his counterpart in Argentina sign an agreement to fight against transnational organized crime

Today, June 21st 2019, a meeting between the Attorney General Fabio Espitia Garzón and his counterpart in Argentina, Eduardo Ezequiel Casal, took place in the city of Buenos Aires. Its purpose was to sign an interinstitutional cooperation agreement “Convenio...

Office of the Attorney General held a meeting of the Ibero-American Association of Public Ministries (AIAMP)

Today, Tuesday June 4, 2019, the Acting Attorney General, Fabio Espitia Garzón,  opened the 9th Meeting of the Ibero-American Association of Public Ministries (AIAMP)* Executive Committee  that will take place today and tomorrow in the city of Cartagena in...

Meeting between the Office of the Attorney General in Colombia and its counterpart in Panama to strengthen strategies in the fight against organized crime

Today, Friday May 31, 2019, a meeting was held between the Acting Attorney General in Colombia, Fabio Espitia Garzón and his counterpart in Panama, Kenya I. Porcell D. in the city of Panama with the aim of strengthening the...

Whole copies of each and every audio and video recording and evidence related to corruption acts in the Judicial Branch were handed over to the Supreme Court by the Office of the Attorney General

Today, whole copies of each and every audio and video recordings, documents and electronic communications and, in general, all the evidence submitted two years ago by the Government of the United States to the Office of the Attorney General...

Odebrecht dossier was submitted to the Office of the Attorney General

Public servants belonging to the Delegate Unit before the Supreme Court and Internal Control received  proofs related to investigations carried out against alleged people involved in corruption acts. In order to continue with the investigations concerning the so-called ‘Odebrecht’ case,...

Office of the Attorney General signs interinstitutional agreement with the Search Unit for Missing Persons

The prosecuting authority submitted 17 reports on investigations related to the armed conflict in Colombia. With the aim of strengthening the inter-institutional work and working in an articulated manner with the entities that according to the Peace Agreement will be...