Press Release 192
Today, February 14, 2019, in Quito (Ecuador), the Binational Meeting between the Attorney General of Colombia, Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira, and the Interim Attorney General of Ecuador, Ruth Jimena Palacios Brito, took place.
The purpose was to renew the commitment...
Judicial Summit to strengthen bilateral cooperation ties between Colombia and United States
A Judicial Summit between the United States Acting Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker, and Attorney General in Colombia, Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira, took place in the city of Bogotá. This summit was intended to take stock of the joint strategy...
Corruption in the country’s prison and penitentiary system of the country was revealed
The Office of the Attorney General discovered alarming cases of corruption in the so-called ‘La Modelo’ and ‘La Picota’ prisons in Bogotá, and other penitentiary centers in the country. Inmates and their relatives paid Inpec officials for benefits in...
“Public resources are not, like the expression used in Antioquia, ‘Las Natilleras’* of public servants”: stated Attorney General Martínez Neira
The Office of the Attorney General carried out the arrest of the mayor of Envigado, Raúl Eduardo Cardona González; Secretary of the Treasury (Secretaria de Hacienda) Girlesa Mesa Medina; former councilor of Envigado, Lindon Johnson Galeano Abello, and several...
Cooperation agreement to investigate and prosecute electoral crimes
The Office of the Attorney General and the Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral) signed a cooperation agreement to guarantee a transparent and legal electoral process
The election calendar for 2019 began with the registration of identity documents and institutions...
Triple A was plundered since year 2000: stated Attorney General, Martinez Neira
The Office of the Attorney General issued preventive detention orders for executives and former executives of Inassa and Empresa de Servicios Públicos Triple A S.A. for an alleged contract on tecnichal assistance. The Office of the Attorney General seized...
Network involved in corrupt activities concerning the remodeling of stadium of Bucaramanga was discovered: about three thousand million pesos would have been embezzled in the Department of Santander
‘Bolsillos de Cristal’ – ‘Guane’ Operation
Three people were arrested due to alleged irregularities in the awarding of contracts concerning remodeling of Villa Olimpica in Bucaramanga
Within the framework of the fight against corruption and in the course of actions...
Academic event with the Kingdom of the Netherlands has finished
Interim Deputy Attorney, María Paulina Riveros Dueñas, and the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Jeroen Roodenburg, brought the cold cases and communication training workshop to a close. This course was delivered by National the Police of Netherlands.
The...
Attorney General and counterparts in Ecuador and Chile join forces to fight against drug trafficking
Within the framework of the XXVI General Assembly of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors, the Attorney General in Colombia Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira and his counterparts in Chile, Jorge Abbott, and Ecuador, Edwin Paúl Pérez Reina held a...
At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, Giselle Jaller who committed a millionaire fraud against a financial institution has been convicted
At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, the 9th Criminal Court of the Circuit of Bogotá sentenced Giselle Jaller Jabbour, known as la Mona Jaller, to 9 and a half years in prison, as the author...