Attorney General

PRESS RELEASE 172

The Office of the Attorney General has been informed about a possible attack that would be commited against the mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez Zuluaga, due to the persecution of criminal structures in the main city of Antioquia, specifically...

The Office of the Attorney General and Asociacion Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia* signed an agreement to fight against illegal trade

A cooperation agreement to fight against forgery, adulteration, smuggling and any kind of  illegal trade of products, especially those that affect users’ life and health, was signed by Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira and the Chairman of Asociación...

Minister of Justice in Australia visited the Office of the Attorney General in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation

The purpose of holding a meeting with the Director of International Management, Ana Fabiola Castro Rivera, was to strengthen the international bilateral cooperation and extradition between both countries, as well as the joint work between the Australian Federal Police...

The Office of the Attorney General and Army seized 47 properties* exceeding 15 thousand million pesos that were in the hands of alleged Farc´s strawmen

Among these assets there are 25 urban properties, 9 Companies, 5 rural properties, 5 vessels, 2 vehicles

Former mayor in Maria la Baja (Bolivar) was sent to prison due to undue execution of contracts and embezzlement

After the Office of the Attorney General brought charges for embezzlement and undue execution of contracts, a supervisory judge (Guarantee Court) issued a preventive detention order with imprisonment for former major of Maria la Baja (Bolivar), José Ludían Jiménez. The...

Attorney General Office certified copies in order to investigate witnesses in the case of Tame – Arauca

Before the 27 Penal Circuit Judge in Bogotá, acting as presiding functions, the 51 Prosecutor’s office in the National Unit of  Human Rights and IHL pronounced certification of copies in order to investigate witnesses of the defendant, army sub-lieutenant...