Colombia's New Attorney General

Colombian President Gustavo Petro swears in the country's new attorney general, Luz Adriana Camargo Garzon, in a ceremony held in the capital of Bogota.

Camargo's election ends the term of interim prosecutor Martha Mancera, whom Petro criticized for her alleged links to drug traffickers reported in local media.

Colombia's Supreme Court last week appointed a new attorney general after a monthslong delay and weeks of bickering with President Gustavo Petro.

Lawyer Luz Adriana Camargo Garzon, whose name was one of three put forward by Petro, was selected by 18 judges out of 23 on the court, its president Gerson Chaverra told reporters.

Barbosa's replacement was to have been named by December, but Supreme Court judges could not agree on a candidate, much to Petro's irritation.

Last month, the president called a protest at the building where the judges were deliberating on a replacement for Barbosa.

Riot police had to intervene to allow the exit of the judges, who denounced a "siege" by supporters of the country's first-ever leftist president.

A stand-in attorney general, Martha Mancera, has been criticized by the president after local media reports alleged she had links to drug traffickers.

The UN and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights had urged non-interference in the selection of a new attorney general.

The attorney general's office under Barbosa opened an investigation into Petro's eldest son Nicolas for alleged money laundering.

It is also looking into possible illegal contributions to the president's election campaign, as well as allegations of bribery and witness tampering against former president Alvaro Uribe, one of Petro's biggest critics.

The new attorney general Camargo worked on the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala from 2014 to 2017 with Ivan Velasquez, now Colombia's defense minister.