Press Release 219
On April 23rd, the Office of the Attorney General charged the mayor of Popayán, Juan Carlos López Castrillón for the alleged offense of misrepresentation.
This fact which is considered a serious offense by the Colombian justice, was brought before the...
Office of the Attorney General achieved convictions on aggressions committed against demobilized Farc´s members in Tolima
The Special Investigation Unit (La Unidad Especial de Investigación UEI) of the Office of the Attorney General focuses its efforts on clarifying any act of violence committed against social leaders or former members of armed groups who returned to civilian...
The Office of the Attorney General opens an investigation against the Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia Nayibe López Hernández, for alleged violation of sanitary measure (article 368 CP)
The Office of the Attorney General within the framework of its constitutional and legal functions continues its work by determining those who fail to follow the protection measures ordered by the National Government to prevent the spread of Covid-19...
The Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Comptroller General sign an agreement on information exchange
From now on, the information obtained by the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Comptroller General during the exercise of their constitutional functions may be shared between both entities in order to strengthen and speed...
Alleged highest ringleader of the criminal structure known as La Oficina sent to prison
At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, a judge in Antioquia (Control de Garantias) issued a detention order with imprisonment against Josué Fabio Osorio Osorio, alias Chepe, the alleged leader of the criminal structure La Oficina and one of the most wanted...
The ringleader of a criminal organization who sold narcotics in a juvenile detention center in Bogotá was condemned
After examining the evidence presented by a special prosecutor of the Sectional Office in Bogotá, the 3rd Special Circuit Court of Bogotá sentenced Andrés Eliecer Avendaño Morales, alias El Burro, to 86 months in prison for aggravated criminal conspiracy; manufacturing...
The Office of the Attorney General opened investigations against four governors and a minister for alleged irregularities in contracts during the sanitary emergency
Inquiries are related to the governors of Arauca, Magdalena, Vichada and San Andrés; as well as the minister of agriculture and other public servants.
As a consequence of the pandemic caused by Covid-19, a strategy for surveillance and control named...
The Office of the Attorney General filed indictment against the alleged perpetrators of double murder in Buritaca (Magdalena)
The Office of the Attorney General filed an indictment against the alleged perpetrators of a crime regarding a couple of biologists, Natalia Jiménez and Rodrigo Monsalve, in the rural area of Buritaca (Magdalena), which took place in December 2019.
Due...
Alias Boquita was sent prison for the alleged attacks against human rights defenders and demobilized former combatants
Jhonatan Bermúdez Chala, alias Boquita, who is considered one of the greatest aggressors of Farc demobilized former combatants and human rights defenders in Chocó was sent to prison at the request of a prosecutor from the Special Investigation Unit.
Before a...
The highest prison sentence against the organized crime became final
The leaders of a structure belonging to Clan del Golfo and known as ‘Los Descuartizadores’ must serve 60 years in prison, after the Attorney General's Office proved that they participated in several murders which took place in Córdoba, Antioquia...