Attorney General of Colombia
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| State level | Judiciary | ||
| Arose from | Dirección Nacional de Instrucción Criminal | ||
| Headquarters | Diagonal 22B No. 52-01 Ciudad Salitre , Bogotá | ||
| Coordinates | 4 ° 38 '21 " N , 74 ° 5' 57.9" W | ||
| director | Francisco Barbosa Delgado | ||
| Website | fiscalia.gov.co | ||
The Fiscalía General de la Nación (FGN) is the Attorney General's Office and an independent public body in Colombia . It is headed by a General Prosecutor ( Procurador General de la Nacion ). The current prosecutor is Fernando Carrillo Flórez . The General Prosecutor's Office was established in 1991 on the basis of the new political constitution and began operating on July 1, 1992.
The Fiscalía , as it is commonly called, took over the tasks that the Dirección Nacional de Instrucción Criminal ("National Criminal Police Directorate "), which no longer existed , performed. The main task is to investigate and prosecute suspected perpetrators who have committed a crime.
The nation's attorney general is selected by the Supreme Court from a short list sent by the President of the Republic .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fiscal General de la Nación fiscalia.gov.co, accessed March 25, 2020 (Spanish)
- ↑ PROCURADURIA GENERAL DE LA NACION funcionpublica.gov.co, accessed on March 25, 2020 (Spanish)
- ↑ Political Constitution of Colombia 1991 bq-portal.de, accessed on March 24, 2020