Public safety

The Office of the Attorney General evaluates several hypotheses to determine who are the people responsible for the riots in La Modelo prison in Bogotá

In the framework of the riots that took place in La Modelo prison in Bogotá last Saturday, March 21st, the Office of the Attorney General is evaluating several hypotheses in order to bring before justice those who planned these disturbances and...

Office of the Attorney General will prosecute people who take advantage of the pandemic to speculate about prices and stockpile food and medicines

Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, calls for the solidarity of Colombians amid Coronavirus and preventive isolation. The Office of the Attorney General encourages citizens to accept the call of the national authorities and respect decisions made by the national government...

The Office of the Attorney General opens preliminary investigation against the mayor of Popayán for alleged violation of sanitary measure and false statement

The Office the Attorney General acts with determination and is implacable with those who ignore the measures ordered by the health authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. In three days, the Office of the Attorney General has intervened...

Office of the Attorney General visited airport Alfonso Bonilla Aragón in order to coordinate protection measures against COVID 19

Due to  the health emergency caused by COVID 19 (Coronavirus), members of the Technical Investigative Corps (Cuerpo Técnico de Investigación (CTI) in spanish) arrived at the facilities of the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Palmira within the framework of a...

Second person prosecuted for failure to comply with sanitary measures on Covid – 19

Home detention order for a Colombian citizen coming from the United States for failure to comply with health protocols. As part of the verifications and monitoring carried out by the Office of the Attorney General due to the sanitary measures...

The Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Comptroller General announced forceful actions to refrain the effects of coronavirus in the country

The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, in a joint statement with the Comptroller General, Carlos Felipe Córdoba Larrarte; pointed out that with regard to the current public health reality generated by the coronavirus, it is time to act in...

Office of the Attorney General offers alternatives to virtually lodge complaints and avoid overcrowding

The Office of the Attorney General, who is aware of the risks of the overcrowding  and due to the recommendations of the health sector about the prevention of COVID19, encourages citizens to use virtual channels to lodge complaints such as...

The first person who allegedly ignored sanitary measures on Coronavirus was brought before a supervisory judge

In a virtual hearing that takes place in the courts of Zipaquirá (Cundinamarca), the Office of the Attorney General brought before a judge a Colombian citizen who violated the protocol established by the National Government for national citizens arriving...

Office of the Attorney General investigates cases where people allegedly ignored restrictions and sanitary measures concerning Covid– 19

Concerning the sanitary emergency caused by Covid-19 (Coronavirus), the Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa, appointed a special prosecutor who will coordinate investigations related to possible non-observance of all sanitary measures ordered by the national government and health authorities.  The group of...

People involved in the murder of prosecutor Alcibiades Libreros were convicted

After considering the evidence presented by the Office of the Attorney General, the 18th Criminal Court of the Circuit of Cali sentenced four people involved in the crime committed against prosecutor Alcibíades Libreros Varela who was murdered on December...