José Luis Barceló Camacho (born 1959) is a Colombian lawyer and academic, former president of the

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Personal life

Barceló was born to José Barceló from Spain, and Lilia Camacho from Boyacá. Barceló and his first wife had a daughter Sonia Carolina, who died in 2003 aged 17.

Career

Barceló is a graduate of the Nueva Granada Military University in

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, Colombia. Barceló joined the

in 1991, and has worked as Criminal Examining Judge of Bogotá and Advocate Counsel of the Second Delegate Procurator for the Criminal Function. From 2011 to 2018, he worked for the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, including working as assistant magistrate to Fernando Arboleda Ripoll. In January 2018, Barceló was appointed as president of the

, replacing Rigoberto Echeverry. He began the role in June 2018. Barceló is currently also a professor of the Specialisation in Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Military Justice of the Nueva Granada Military University.

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