2024-07-12 14:09:23
The Attorney General’s Office will also investigate the possible involvement of congressmen in corruption.
The Attorney General’s Office has requested hearings for charges and measures of deprivation of liberty against Olmedo de Jesús López Martínezformer director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD); Sneyder Augusto Pinilla Álvarez, former deputy director of the same entity; and the contractor Luis Eduardo López Rosero. This action comes after the evaluation of evidence obtained in various activities and investigative proceedings that revealed irregularities in the UNGRD contracting.
The investigation, led by the Ninth Delegate Prosecutor’s Office before the Supreme Court of Justice, suggests that those involved are linked to illegal acts in multiple contractual processes, including the purchase of tanker trucks to ensure the supply of drinking water in La Guajira.
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In the upcoming hearings, scheduled by the Judicial Services Center of the Paloquemao Judicial Complex in Bogotá, the former officials and the contractor will be formally charged with crimes such as aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime, aggravated embezzlement, undue interest in the execution of contracts, ideological falsification of a public document, and falsification of a private document.
In addition, the Prosecutor’s Office has sent copies to the Special Investigation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice to investigate the possible participation of nine congressmen in the acts of corruption discovered. This decision is based on the evidence and proof collected that points to the possible involvement of these legislators in the events investigated.
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