A person responsible for causing the death of a teacher in San Jacinto (Bolívar) was sentenced to 36 years in prison
A judge in Cartagena sentenced Jorge Enrique Arnedo Julio, responsible for the murder of the principal of a school in the municipality of San Jacinto, to 36 years in prison based on the evidence provided by a prosecutor appointed to...
A man who attempted to murder a woman in Bucaramanga was sentenced to 16 years in prison
Víctor Ortiz Ramos was sentenced to 16 years and 15 days in prison after admitting responsibility for the crimes of attempted femicide and manufacturing, trafficking, or possessing firearms, both aggravated offenses.
This decision comes after the defendant signed a preliminary...
A couple who would be allegedly involved in petty drug dealing in Cartagena was sent to prison
At the request of a prosecutor appointed to the Immediate Reaction Unit (Unidad de Reacción Inmediata URI), a judge imposed a prison sentence on a couple allegedly involved in local drug trafficking in Cartagena.
The decision involved Jorge Luis Herrera Fajardo, alias...
Four men who allegedly extorted money from a prison in Buenaventura were arrested
A prosecutor appointed to the branch office in Valle del Cauca (Seccional Valle del Cauca) brought four men, who are in a temporary prison in Buenaventura, before a judge. They would be allegedly extorting money from other inmates at...
A person allegedly involved in transporting 53 kilos of marijuana in northern area of Valle del Cauca was arrested
The Attorney General's Office prosecuted Mario Alexander López Mesías as the alleged perpetrator of transporting 53 kilos of marijuana in a private vehicle while driving through the municipality of Zarzal (Valle del Cauca) on August 15.
According to the investigation,...
A man responsible for murdering his wife in Icononzo, Tolima was arrested
Members of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI in spanish) conducted an arrest warrant against a 69-year-old man in Centro neighborhood in Melgar. He was found guilty of murdering his wife in January 2021 in Icononzo (Tolima).
On August 22, a judge...
Six people accused of firearms trafficking in the metropolitan area of Cúcuta were sent to prison
A judge approved the evidence presented by the Attorney General's Office and imposed a prison sentence against four men and two women, who were allegedly arrested in flagrante with firearms and ammunition in the metropolitan area of Cúcuta.
The desicion...
Alleged members of the so-called Clan del Golfo were prosecuted for drug trafficking offenses and several homicides in Risaralda
The Attorney General's Office prosecuted seven alleged members of the Clan del Golfo Organized Armed Group. They were arrested as result of 16 home searches carried out in municipalities of Risaralda such as Apía, Mistrató, Belén de Umbría, and Dosquebradas, as well as in...
A man accused of murdering his former sentimental partner in Meta was sent to prison
The defendant took advantage that there was an open window at the house and shot the victim.
At the request of the Attorney General's Office, a judge ordered a prison sentence against a 40-year-old man, allegedly responsible for the murder...
Attorneys General of Colombia, Brazil, and Chile held an agreement to create a mixed investigation agency against transnational crime
Priority investigative fronts will be addressed in a joint and coordinated manner. These are: illicit financial networks, cybercrime, criminal structures in prisons, and trafficking of drugs, firearms and precursors.
At a working meeting held in Brasilia (Brazil), the Attorney General,...