Colombian authorities are investigating a mysterious hole discovered in a window on the 26th floor of the main headquarters of the Procuraduría General de la Nación, the country’s independent watchdog agency responsible for overseeing public officials, located in downtown Bogotá.
According to sources close to EL TIEMPO’s investigative unit, a team from the Fiscalía—Colombia’s national prosecutor’s office—has been sent to inspect the site after staff reported the damage. Investigators believe the mark may have been caused by a rifle round, though this has not been officially confirmed.
The hole was found on the side of the building facing Bogotá’s eastern hills, an area also home to several universities. Officials say their priority is determining exactly where the projectile came from and whether it was fired from that direction.
Notably, the floor just below the affected window, the 25th, houses the offices of Colombia’s top prosecutor, Gregorio Eljach, and his deputy, raising questions about whether the building’s upper floors could have been an intended target.
No further details have been released about who might be responsible or when the incident is believed to have occurred. Authorities have not commented on whether the case is linked to any specific threat against agency officials.
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Source: Lo que se sabe del orificio, al parecer de fusil, que se encontró en el ventanal del piso 26 de Procuraduría (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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