Medellín Office
At Guevara Castaño Abogados we provide technical and strategic criminal defense in Medellín and throughout the department of Antioquia, from our office in the La Candelaria district in downtown Medellín. We serve individuals, companies, public servants, and State entities at every stage of the Colombian accusatory criminal justice system (Sistema Penal Acusatorio).
Our Medellín office
Our Medellín office is located at Calle 52 # 49 - 28, Offices 801 - 802, La Lonja Propiedad Raíz Building, in the La Candelaria district in downtown Medellín. A strategic location near the Medellín Palace of Justice and Antioquia's main judicial offices, allowing us to respond swiftly to the demands of each case.
From this office we coordinate the defense of cases filed in Medellín, the Aburrá Valley, and across all municipalities of Antioquia. We act personally before the Sectional Office of the Attorney General of Medellín (Fiscalía), the Control of Guarantees Courts, the Criminal Circuit Courts, and the Superior Judicial Tribunal of Medellín.
Legal services in Medellín
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.
Criminal defense in a city like Medellín demands knowing the system from within: the courts, the procedural timelines, and the real-world dynamics of the Attorney General's Office and the judiciary. That ground-level closeness makes the difference.
Jurisdiction and courts where we act in Medellín
We represent our clients before the following offices in Medellín and Antioquia:
- Criminal Circuit Courts of Medellín — handling proceedings of greater complexity.
- Municipal Criminal Courts of the Aburrá Valley — handling minor offenses and complaint-based crimes.
- Control of Guarantees Courts — preliminary hearings, pretrial detention motions, arrest legalization.
- Sectional Office of the Attorney General of Medellín (Fiscalía) — direct interaction with assigned prosecutors.
- Superior Judicial Tribunal of Medellín — Criminal Chamber — appeals.
- Criminal Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice — cassation, review, and extradition.
- Courts of Antioquia and the Aburrá Valley — handling cases in Bello, Envigado, Itagüí, Sabaneta, La Estrella, Caldas, Copacabana, Girardota, Barbosa, and other municipalities of the department.