Colombia’s DNI official arrested in Neiva

Colombian media reported the arrest in Neiva, Huila, of Carlos Andrés Oyola Tovar, identified as an official with the National Intelligence Directorate. The operation reportedly involved the Military Gaula and the Attorney General’s CTI unit. Investigators are linking him to alleged irregular access to state information and a possible unauthorized copy of an intelligence system.

What was said about access to the systems?

Caracol Radio reported that Oyola Tovar may have kept a mirror copy of the State Intelligence and Counterintelligence Information System on a personal computer. That account is preliminary and was not presented in the available material as an official primary confirmation.

Vanguardia added that the investigation covers alleged irregular access to, and extraction of, strategic information from public entities. According to that outlet, the events under review would have taken place between 2017 and 2023.

What crimes did the press mention?

Agencia API said the court order would be tied to alleged offenses including criminal conspiracy, unauthorized access to a computer system, falsification of a public document, and procedural fraud. In the same report, the outlet said other conduct, such as espionage and electoral coercion, still needs to be established in the judicial process.

El País, meanwhile, reported that Oyola Tovar served as a Master Intelligence Manager, Grade 4, in the DNI’s IT and software development area. That outlet also said preliminary inquiries pointed to an unauthorized copy of the intelligence and counterintelligence system.

What other details emerged from the operation?

Canal 1 added that the operation was called "NOMOS" and, according to the published information, relied on prior intelligence work to locate the suspect near a health center in Neiva. Diario del Huila said the arrest came after more than a month of surveillance, although that detail is not backed by an official primary source in the available results.

Blu Radio said there were no official details about the arrest and that the possible possession of intelligence information had only surfaced preliminarily. El Tiempo, for its part, described the case as also involving access to systems containing electoral-process information, but the available result does not provide official primary confirmation of that point.