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Criminal network engaged in sexual exploitation of Colombian and Venezuelan children in La Guajira was dismantled

The Office of the Attorney General continues in its fight to protect children and teenagers’ rights. In this regard, in recent hours, it carried out a joint operation called ‘Abeona’ with SIJIN-DIPRO of the National Police which allowed to...

Former employee of Ecopetrol was sentenced concerning the case of scandal of Petrotiger

The Office of the Attorney General proved that engineer Jaime Eduardo Urueta Martínez, a former employee of Ecopetrol, received gifts to favor the multinational Petrotiger in a contract for testing oil wells whose initial value reached 143,387 dollars. In that...

Due to acts of corruption in San Andres, two former governors were convicted and other 18 individuals were arrested

The Office of the Attorney General continues with the fight against corruption so that, those who have used poor people´s budget for their personal benefit will have to appear before justice. Due to the above and in order to give...

8 people were prosecuted for drug trafficking in a National Army battalion

Among people arrested there are seven militaries in active duty and a civilian. At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, the 65 Municipal Criminal Court in Bogotá issued a preventive detention order with imprisonment against five men,...

Four Inpec´s former employees will be inquired for their alleged participation in the disappearance of inmates from the so-called Modelo prison in Bogotá

Proceedings will be carried out during the month of October. Concerning investigations carried out by the Office of the Attorney General to clarify facts which led to the forced disappearance of 101 inmates from the so-called Modelo prison in Bogotá,...

Plea agreement of alias ‘La Madame’ and its family on sexual exploitation of women in Cartagena has been approved

Liliana del Carmen Campos Puello, aka Madame, Gustavo Ruiz and Carlos Enrique Campo, pleaded guilty to human trafficking in persons and criminal conspiracy. The Second Special Criminal Court of Cartagena approved the plea bargain in which Liliana del Carmen Campos...

Office of the Attorney General charged another city councillor in Ibagué for irregular election of Comptroller

To date, 15 councillors have been charged by a prosecutor of the Unit of Public Administration, sectional Office in Tolima. Linda Esperanza Perdomo Ramírez was charged by the Office of the Attorney General with breach of duty (action) in consistent...

Arrested last alleged member of the criminal organization Los Chigüiros, responsible for distributing drugs in Caquetá

Members of the Interinstitutional judicial police from CTI-Sijin, under the coordination of a specialized prosecutor appointed to the Regional Anti-Narcotics Unit (URA) of the Sectional Office in Caquetá, arrested Luis David Mendoza Cruz for criminal conspiracy to commit drug...

5 alleged members of the criminal group Los del Sur were brought before a judge due to housebreaking offenses in Cali (Valle)

Arrests took place in Cali (Valle), Medellin (Antioquia) and Santa Rosa de cabal (Risaralda). Five (5) alleged members of the criminal gang Los del Sur were brought before a judge by the Office of the Attorney General since they are...

Eight alleged former contractors of Cardique were charged for irregularities that caused a detriment of more than 4,300 billion pesos

The Office of the Attorney General charged eight former contractors of the so-called Corporación Autónoma Regional del Canal del Dique (Cardique) due to alleged irregularities in the execution of 35 contracts in 2016, which caused a detriment of more than...