Home News Page 71

News

The Office of the Attorney General revealed ‘Los Nacionales’, a criminal group involved in counterfeiting and selling banknotes of different denominations

Nine people who were part of the illegal group were arrested, and 5,200 counterfeit banknotes and supplies for counterfeiting currency were seized in proceedings that were carried out in Pereira (Risaralda) and Medellín (Antioquia) The Attorney General's Office identified nine...

People allegedly responsible for illegal possession of weapons and local drug trafficking in Buenaventura were prosecuted

The Attorney General's Office prosecuted three suspects involved in local drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons in Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca). The Police and the Navy arrested José Miguel Castro Carabalí, alias Cartucho, an alleged member of Los Shotas...

A soldier who allegedly took another soldier’s life in Guaviare was sent to prison

A judge imposed a prison sentence against the soldier Gerson David Tovar Torres, 19 years old, who would be responsible for taking another companion ‘s life. The facts took place on June 15 at a military base located in the...

Two people who were accused of committing murders in Villamaría and Viterbo (Caldas) were sent to prison

The Sectional Office in Caldas prosecuted Gerfin Esteban Grisales Orozco and Cristian Camilo Mena Díaz as allegedly responsible for homicides that occurred in Villamaría and Viterbo (Caldas), respectively. On May 24, 2024, Grisales Orozco, along with another person, allegedly hit...

A person who extorted in the name of the ‘Clan del Golfo’ in Bolívar was sent to prison

The Attorney General's Office prosecuted Ever Rafael Méndez Maldonado, alias Moto Chino, an alleged member of the Nicolás Urango Reyes substructure of the 'Clan del Golfo' who committed crimes in several municipalities of Bolívar. Apparently, the defendant allegedly extorted merchants,...

The Office of the Attorney General obtained a 17-year sentence against the person responsible for the homicide of a man in the metropolitan area of ​​Cúcuta

The Attorney General's Office obtained a conviction of 17 years in prison against Víctor Manuel Durán Ramírez, for his responsibility in the homicide of a man in Cúcuta (Norte de Santander). The facts took place on May 17, 2021, when...

Four people who allegedly displaced a group of indigenous people from their lands in Coyaima (Tolima) were sent to prison

Among those people prosecuted is the governor of an indigenous reservation in the municipality of Coyaima. After approving the request made by a specialized prosecutor from the Sectional Office in Tolima, a  judge imposed a prison sentence against Sonia Milena...

The Office of the Attorney General dealt a hard blow to the criminal group ‘Los Bloque’ involved in the sale of narcotics in Bucaramanga

The Attorney General's Office prosecuted four alleged members of the criminal group 'Los Bloque', responsible for selling narcotics in parks and near schools in neighborhoods such as Los Canelo, Mutis, Monteredondo, Gran Ladera, San Gerardo, Ciudad Bolívar, Los Almendros,...

The Office of the Attorney General achieved the prosecution of an alleged member of ‘Clan del Golfo’ who would be involved in kidnappings in Bajo Cauca, Antioquia

Three different actions in which the victims, most of them women and minors, were taken hostages and subjected to degrading treatment are attributed to him. At the request of the Attorney General's Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence against...

Attorney General strengthens judicial cooperation with the United States

At the end of her first series of work meetings in this city with high-level authorities from the United States and the Inter-American Human Rights System, the Attorney General, Luz Adriana Camargo Garzón, ratified the recent commitments she made...