The Attorney General´s Office criminally charged leaders of the FARC dissent accused of sponsoring the destruction of the Amazon region
‘Gentil Duarte’, ‘Iván Mordisco’ and ‘John 40’ are prosecuted for promoting the construction of a highway in the middle of the jungle and promoting extensive cattle ranching, illegal crops, among other illegal practices.
The Office of the Attorney General presented...
The Attorney General´s Office brought legal actions against people allegedly responsible for environmental crimes in Magdalena and Córdoba
Two men were prosecuted for allegedly causing the death of a manatee in Tasajera (Magdalena).
A structure that apparently deforested the national park Parque Nacional Natural Nudo del Paramillo to illegally sell wood was also dismantled
In Montería (Córdoba),...
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...
A hard blow against ‘Los Invasores’, a criminal network accused of sponsoring deforestation in the La Macarena mountain for cattle raising purposes
Five of the main coordinators of the illegal structure were arrested in proceedings carried out in Bogotá, Santander and Meta. They would be the promoters of serious damages in 6,300 hectares of the National Natural Park.
The Office of the...
40 people were arrested and prosecuted in two days of operations against deforestation and illegal mining
The deforestation fronts in the Nukak Makú reserve and natural parks in Boyacá and Caquetá were affected in the proceedings, among other actions.
In Norte de Santander, the Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, announced these important results in...
Arrested one of the main promoters of the illegal gold extraction for the ELN
Thanks to reports received from the community and verifications carried out in the area, the Office of the Attorney General identified a large area between the south of the Department of Bolívar and the region of Magdalena Medio in...
House arrest for mayor of California (Santander) for allegedly facilitating illegal mining activities in wasteland Páramo de Santurbán
At the request of the Office of the Attorney, the court issued home confinement against the mayor of California (Santander), Hugo Arnoldo Lizcano Pulido, who was arrested last week along with other 4 individuals by members of the Technical...
Office of the Attorney General charged individuals for the sale of lots in a forest reserve in the city of Villavicencio
Twenty years ago, an urban project in rural area of Villavicencio, located on the road Acacías (Meta), was subject of a cautionary measure and was suspended due to the fact that the 80% of the 24 hectares in which...
Three people were condemned for environmental pollution and illegal exploitation of mining deposits in Caquetá
The Circuit Court of Belén de Los Andaquíes (Caquetá) took into account the arguments made by the Office of the Attorney General and sentenced José Valbuena Collazos, José Gilberto Pedraza and Herson Garzón Botache to 52 months and 15...
Manager of a company and a biologist were prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney General for illegal wildlife trafficking
The investigations carried during nine months allowed to discover an illegal wildlife trade for 5 years in Cali (Valle del Cauca).
Before a guarantee judge (juez de control de garantías), the Office of the Attorney General charged Alejandro Arias Peláez,...