Israeli citizen who failed to comply with a detention measure was arrested again
The Office of the Attorney General legalized the arrest of Israeli citizen Bonen Asaf before the 41st Court of Bogotá (Guarantee Court). On this occasion for escaping from prison.
The foreign citizen had been arrested on august 29 as a...
Due to commitment in preserving freedom of the Press, perpetrators of threats against journalists were identified
Three of the people who threatened national journalists will be charged this week. Investigations concerning 89 cases of journalists who were intimidated go on.
Charges will be filed this week against alleged people who threatened Journalists María Jimena Duzán and...
Alleged members of ‘Clan del Golfo’ under investigation for extortions committed in Meta were sent to prison
Héctor Yordany Gonzáles Parales, alias Elías Alzate or Víctor; and Andrés Ávila Julio were sent to prison as a preventive measure due to facts that took place in Vistahermosa and Puerto Gaitán (Meta).
According to investigations carried out by the...
FOUR ALLEGED PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A CRIMINAL NETWORK ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL WIRETAPPINGS WERE ARRESTED
At the request of the 29th Municipal Prosecutor´s Office in Cali, three of four defendants were sent to prison for their alleged participation in a criminal network accused of illegally obtaining confidential information on companies, politics, members of police...
Office of the Attorney General and Invima avoided more than one and a half tons of forged and decomposed medicines from being sold to Colombian citizens
18 people were arrested in Medellin (Antioquia) and Ipiales (Nariño). As a result of 29 home searches medicines were seized
Fake medicines, expensive and complex medicines for medical treatments in high risk patients were faked and smuggled by a...
Arrest warrant against Engineer Orlando Fajardo with a view to make effective a preventive detention measure
At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, the 12th Court (Guarantee Court) issued a preventive detention order with imprisonment for civil engineer and entrepreneur Orlando Fajardo Castillo.
According to the Office of the Attorney General his release...
Office of the Attorney General charged alias Fideo for the murder of a community leader in Cauca
Victim disagreed with illegal mining and illegal crops in Mercaderes (Cauca)
A specialized prosecutor in the city of Popayán charged Yamir Rodríguez, alias Fideo, alleged member of the so-called Manuel Vásquez Castaño ELN Front and alleged responsible for the crime...
A criminal network engaged in human trafficking in China was dismantled
The investigation was conducted with the support of three women who escaped from this criminal organization
Three ring leaders of an international human trafficking network engaged in sexual exploitation of women in China were sentenced to prison after they...
Office of the Attorney General appealed judge´s decision who denied a preventive detention order against Yara Malo for aggravated extortion
The Office of the Attorney General appealed decision made by the 72nd Criminal Court in Bogotá (Judge of Guarantees), according to which, requirements to deprive Yara Milena Malo Benitez of her liberty are not met.
However, the Office of the...
123 people were arrested in 16 departments due to commission of kidnapping and extortion offenses
The operation let to rescue two kidnapped individuals and dismantling five (5) criminal organizations
The Office of the Attorney General and Gaula (Army), as part of the so-called Odín operation, carried out 50 judicial proceedings between October 20 and...