Bogotá Office
At Guevara Castaño Abogados we provide technical and strategic criminal defense in Bogotá D.C. from our office in Ciudad Salitre. We serve individuals, companies, public servants, and State entities at every stage of the Colombian accusatory criminal justice system (Sistema Penal Acusatorio), with presence before the capital's judicial offices and the Colombian Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación).
Our Bogotá office
Our main office in Bogotá is located at Av. Calle 26 # 69 C 03, Of. 903, Capital Center Building, in the Ciudad Salitre area, Fontibón district. A strategic location only 10 minutes from El Dorado International Airport with direct connection to the city's main roads, facilitating service to national and out-of-region clients.
From this office we coordinate the defense of cases throughout Colombia, as well as those filed within Bogotá's jurisdiction, including the Sectional Office of the Attorney General of Bogotá, the Control of Guarantees Courts at Paloquemao, the Criminal Circuit Courts, and the Superior Judicial Tribunal of Bogotá.
Legal services in Bogotá
Our firm undertakes defense and representation in the following criminal law and related areas:
- Criminal Law — technical defense at all stages of the accusatory criminal proceeding.
- Corporate & White-Collar Criminal Law — counsel to companies and legal representatives against corporate criminal risks.
- Compliance — design and implementation of regulatory compliance programs.
- Asset Forfeiture — asset defense against forfeiture proceedings.
- Constitutional Law — constitutional protection writs (tutela), habeas corpus, and constitutional remedies.
- Administrative Disciplinary Law — defense of public servants before the Procuraduría General and municipal ombudsmen.
- Fiscal Liability — defense before the Colombian Comptroller General and territorial comptrollers.
- Criminal Investigation — private investigation and evidentiary analysis as defense support.
In the first 36 hours after an arrest, the course of an entire criminal proceeding is often decided. Choosing the right lawyer at that moment is not a formality — it is a strategic decision.
Jurisdiction and courts where we act in Bogotá
We represent our clients before the following offices in Bogotá D.C.:
- Criminal Circuit Courts of Bogotá — handling proceedings of greater complexity.
- Municipal Criminal Courts — handling minor offenses and complaint-based crimes.
- Control of Guarantees Courts at Paloquemao — preliminary hearings, pretrial detention motions, arrest legalization.
- Sectional Office of the Attorney General of Bogotá (Fiscalía) — direct interaction with assigned prosecutors.
- Superior Judicial Tribunal of Bogotá — Criminal Chamber — appeals.
- Criminal Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice — cassation, review, and extradition.
- Constitutional Court — review of constitutional protection actions (tutela) and constitutional review actions.