{"id":9132,"date":"2011-12-13T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T20:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:46:27","slug":"el-fiscal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/staff\/el-fiscal\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\n\/* custom css *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\n\/* custom css *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                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class=\"td-block-title-wrap\"><h4 class=\"block-title td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">STAFF<\/span><\/h4><\/div><div id=tdi_11 class=\"td_block_inner td-fix-index\"><div class=\"menu-fiscal-general-container\"><ul id=\"menu-fiscal-general\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-37894\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-37894\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/staff\/el-fiscal\/\">Attorney General<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38475\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38475\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/staff\/coordinator-of-the-delegate-prosecutors-unit-to-the-supreme-court-of-justice\/\">Coordinator of the Delegate Prosecutors\u2019 Unit to the Supreme Court of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-37614\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-37614\"><a 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id=\"menu-item-38526\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38526\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/staff\/director-of-the-technical-investigative-corps\/\">Director of the Technical Investigative Corps (CTI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38530\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38530\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/staff\/director-of-protection-and-assistance-office\/\">Director of Protection and Assistance Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38531\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38531\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/staff\/director-of-higher-studies-office\/\">Director of Higher Studies Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38540\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38540\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/staff\/director-special-unit-on-investigations\/\">Director of the Special Investigation Unit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_column tdi_13  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span6\">\n<style scoped>\n\n\/* custom css *\/\n.tdi_13{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_13 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_13 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_13 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_13 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_13 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_column_text]<strong>Luz Adriana Camargo Garz\u00f3n, Attorney General<\/strong>\r\n\r\nShe received a law degree from <em>Universidad de La Sabana<\/em>\u00a0(1982-1986), and she majored in Criminal Law and Criminology at <em>Universidad Libre de Colombia (<\/em>1989-1990).\r\n\r\nShe worked as examining magistrate in the Judicial Branch and as <em>oficial mayor<\/em>\u00a0for a Superior Tribunal in Bogot\u00e1. The positions were held between 1987-1989.\r\n\r\nBetween 2005 &#8211; 2014 she held the position of acting judge in the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Justice where she was appointed to join the Special Investigation Unit that was created to carry out criminal investigations against Senators and Representatives of the Chamber within the framework of the alleged infiltration of paramilitary organizations.\r\n\r\nShe was also part of the <em>Unidad de Investigaci\u00f3n Especial de Aforados<\/em>\u00a0(Special Investigation Unit of people entitled to immunity) responsible for prosecuting people allegedly involved in crimes of bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illicit gain, money laundering, illegal public contracting, influence peddling, breach of duty, electoral crimes, libel, slander and crimes against life and personal integrity.\r\n\r\nBetween 2003 and 2004, she worked as Delegate Prosecutor before the Supreme Court of Justice, and she led investigations in which there was evidence about the alleged involvement of ministers, governors, and members of diplomatic missions in crimes against public administration and corruption phenomena.\r\n\r\nShe served as an expert in international lawsuits before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and consultant in projects related to investigation standards, ways of impunity, access to justice and the strengthening of democratic mechanisms.\r\n\r\nBetween 2014 and 2017 she led the so-called <em>Departamento de Investigaci\u00f3n y Litigio de la Comisi\u00f3n Internacional <\/em>contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG-UN) (Department of Investigation and litigations in the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala). She revealed before judges, some emblematic cases involving more than a hundred of public servants and individuals who were members of political-economic criminal networks, as well as members of parallel money laundering structures.\r\n\r\nBetween 2020 and 2021, within the framework of a consultancy for <em>Fundaci\u00f3n Forjando Futuros, Indepaz, Intereclecial de Justicia y Paz, Comisi\u00f3n Colombiana de Juristas <\/em>and<em>\u00a0Programa Somos Defensores, <\/em>she led an interdisciplinary team that analyzed different violent acts to identify patterns since the signing of the State-Farc peace agreement.\r\n\r\nAt the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS), she was a consultant (2021) to the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression to review a guide document on due diligence standards in criminal investigations carried out by the American States regarding homicides committed against journalists in the region.\r\n\r\nIn 2023 she was an advisor to the <em>Secretar\u00eda de Transparencia<\/em>\u00a0(Transparency Secretariat) to detect strengths and weaknesses in public procurement mechanisms in Colombia.\r\n\r\nOn March 22, 2024, she took office as Attorney General for the period 2024-2028.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_single_image image=\"41775\" img_size=\"full\"] STAFFAttorney General Coordinator of the Delegate Prosecutors\u2019 Unit to the Supreme Court of Justice Executive Director Director of Policies and Strategy Office Director- Office of Planning and Development Director \u2013 Office of Legal Affairs Director \u2013 Office of Communications Director-Office of International Affairs Director- Office of Internal Control Director- Office of Disciplinary [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8564,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9132","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9132"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44398,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9132\/revisions\/44398"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiscalia.gov.co\/colombia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}