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Employee of the mayor’s office in Quibdó was accused of the commission of alleged irregularities in contracts amounting more than 311 million pesos

The Office of the Attorney General filed charges against Edith Franceny González Agudelo who, by the time of the events, worked in the Mayor´s Office of Quibdó, Chocó. The woman will be prosecuted for the crime of illicit gain. According...

The Office of the Attorney General dismantles a network that used cannabis-based bakery products which were sold at universities in Bogotá

Cakes, cookies and brownies, among others, are the products used by marijuana dealers to avoid control of the authorities and corrupt children and teenagers. In its effort to protect the educational environments from organizations that sell illegal substances which affect...

Thirteen police officers and two private individuals accused of favoring the smuggling of hydrocarbons in Norte de Santander were arrested

As a result of a joint work between the Office of the Attorney General and customs police Dirección de Policía Fiscal y Aduanera (Polfa), thirteen police officers in duty accused of favoring the smuggling of hydrocarbons in Norte de...

Office of the Attorney General seized more than half a ton of marijuana that was going to be sold near schools and universities

The Office of the Attorney General gave a hard blow to drug trafficking organizations that were involved in the sale of illegal substances in educational environments. Investigations carried out by a special group of members of the Technical Investigative Corps...

Transnational network of procurers in Medellín was dismantled

One of the individuals under investigation managed to have a catalog with photos of more than 100 children which were offered to national and foreign citizens. With the main objective of protecting children and teenagers from sexual exploitation and other...

Two people were prosecuted for illegally tapping into the aqueducts of Santa Marta

In the last hours a judge of Santa Marta issued a preventive detention order with imprisonment against two people who, according the Office of the Attorney General,  are responsible for illegally connecting pipes to extract water from the aqueduct...

The Office of the Attorney General appealed sentence imposed against a doctor who performed unnecessary surgery on patients

The judge granted the benefit of temporary suspension of the sentence but the Office of the Attorney General appealed the decision since it considered that the doctor deceived his patients with a false medical report of cancer and received...

213 people were arrested as part of a strategy against crime in Cali and Valle del Cauca

In order to counteract criminal actions that disrupt the tranquility of the community, the Office of the Attorney General and National Police implemented the strategic plan against crime in Valle del Cauca. Strategy that lasted 4 days (from October...

Protection measures requested by the Office of the Attorney General for victims of Hidroituango case were ratified

The inhabitants of 19 municipalities near the mega work Hidroituango will continue under the protection measures requested by the Office of the Attorney General which were granted in last June 12. This decision was adopted by the 28th Criminal Court...

Orlando Arciniegas, former lawyer of the Mayor’s Office in Ibagué, was charged for alleged irregularities in another contract concerning the National Games

The Office of the Attorney General charged Orlando Arciniegas Lagos, former legal advisor for the Major´s Office In the city of Ibagué (2015) for undue interest in the execution of contracts and extortion. This process is related to new facts...