The objective of the investigation was to determine the scope of the Opportunity principle in the Colombian criminal procedure legislation and to make a systematic interpretation about comparative law. The theoretical foundations were based on the doctrine of the authors Bedoya Sierra, Carlos Andrés Guzmán Díaz, Claudia Patricia Vanegas Peña, in accordance with the 1991 Political Constitution of Colombia, Constitutional Court Sentences, Christian Salas Beteta. (2011), Alberto Bovino. (2015), Rafael Velandia Montes, (2014). And the Resolutions issued by the Attorney General of the Nation.