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Internal files link Oyola to alleged election plot in Colombia

Carlos Oyola, an official at the National Intelligence Directorate captured in Neiva, allegedly coordinated digital activists, online amplifiers and hackers…

--- The context --- Colombia is debating trust in its state intelligence after the capture of an official from the National Intelligence Directorate who is named in internal documents produced by the agency itself. The case combines alleged cyberattacks, an alleged network aimed at interfering in a presidential election and antecedents that, according to the reports, already existed while the official remained linked to the agency during the Government of Gustavo Petro. --- The facts --- Carlos Oyola, an official at the National Intelligence Directorate and a systems engineer, was captured on Friday, November 6, 2026, in Neiva, Huila, in an operation by the Military Gaula, with support from the Technical Investigation Corps of the Prosecutor General Office and the National Police. He is investigated for his alleged participation in cyberattacks against state institutions and academic entities. According to those reports, Oyola allegedly coordinated digital activists, online amplifiers and hackers, and allegedly led a network that supposedly sought to interfere with the results of the presidential elections of June 21, 2026, through attributed attacks against the Registraduría. The documents also indicate that an arrest warrant issued by a judge on May 7, 2026, three weeks before the first round, was already in force while he remained linked to the agency. --- The positions --- The internal documents state that Oyola joined the agency in February 2024 and was placed in the technology group, and that he allegedly held meetings with Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo, without details on their purpose. Prosecutors investigate him for alleged offenses of abusive access to a computer system, falsehood in a public document, procedural fraud and conspiracy to commit a crime. Former agency inspector Juan Carlos Restrepo questioned his permanence despite the judicial requirements and said the institution allegedly incurred an omission by failing to report his situation. --- What remains unknown --- It is not known who allegedly warned Oyola about the search carried out hours before the first round in an apartment that allegedly operated as an agency front, from which he allegedly escaped before investigators arrived, leaving behind computers, cell phones and other electronic devices. It is also unknown what information authorities recovered from that equipment, why he remained linked despite the arrest warrant and what happened to the records hosted in the cloud that, according to the reports, were lost. --- Unanswered questions --- Who allegedly warned Oyola about the search and how did he leave before investigators arrived? What information did authorities recover from the abandoned computers and cell phones? Why did he remain linked to the agency with an arrest warrant in force since May 7, 2026? Which controls failed so that the internal allegations did not lead earlier to a formal report? --- EPM analysis --- The heart of this case is not only an individual capture, but the capacity of the State to oversee those who oversee. When the allegations arise from internal documents and describe an alleged coordination of hackers for electoral purposes, accountability becomes a condition of electoral integrity. The antecedents attributed to the official also matter, from the academic inconsistencies detected at the National Open and Distance University to the attributed loss of the computer where he was developing the Integrated Intelligence and Counterintelligence System, because each episode adds doubts about screening, permanence and supervision inside an especially sensitive agency. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, this case requires complete and verifiable accountability, because trust in elections and in state intelligence cannot rest on institutional silence or on explanations offered only after a capture becomes public. Every allegation attributed to Oyola must be tested in court with full guarantees, and every decision that allowed his permanence despite an arrest warrant must be explained with names, dates and documents. Protecting democracy also means opening the agency to effective scrutiny, preserving the recovered evidence and ensuring that no political interest stands above the integrity of the citizen vote.
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