Private jet at Gulfstream G-150 traveled from Barranquilla to Miami on the morning of Thursday, September 7, for the sole purpose of transporting former senator Arturo Char from the United States to Colombia to formalize his surrender to Colombian justice.
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With the international arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court, It took several hours for a red Interpol notice to be issued, which would have made his transfer more complicated.
The idea was to show that Char had heeded the calls of justice (requesting house arrest in Barranquilla) and prevent the capture from taking place.
“They transported him in a private Gulfstream G150. Apparently this is what the Olympic organization bought about 8 years ago. The former senator, his wife and two more members of his family came.“said one expat source.
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Those close to Char They admitted to consulting EL TIEMPO about the possibility of the former congressman, who is being investigated on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and aggravated voter fraud, to seek protection of his rights in the United States as a US citizen.
The argument is that Char He denies colluding with former congresswoman Aida Merlano to build a corrupt scaffolding to win at least three seats in the 2018 congressional elections.
Finally, around 4 o’clock in the afternoon, Char boarded a private jet with his wife and some children and arrived in Barranquilla around 7:30 at night, just as the Metropolitano match between the Colombian and Venezuelan national teams was ending.
At airport General Jorge Antonio Urquijo, commander of the Barranquilla Police, was waiting for Ernesto Cotissoz. Also arriving were Fuad Char’s wife, María Mercedes de la Espriella, followed by their other children.
was also available criminal lawyer Iván Cancino, counsel for the Char family. However, the case at the Court is presided over by José Luis Barceló, a former judge of that court.
“After he was read his rights and notice of arrest, he was officially handed over to the National Police, which took him to Bogotá to Dijín headquarters,” the same source said.
In the 200-page document submitted by the Supreme Court In supporting the international arrest warrant, attention was drawn to important information that led the Supreme Court to choose this mechanism to guarantee Char’s bringing to justice.
Contrary to what is claimed, Aida Merlano is not the star witness. On November 7, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office certified the copies to the court so that Arturo Char could be investigated.
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The information sent includes evidence of vote-buying in many municipalities across the Atlantic and testimonies of Merlano workers. he managed illicit money and attended at least one of the meetings between Merlano and Char, which Merlano denied.
According to the Coronell Report from W Radio, a USB said to contain election certificates on file. This was conveyed to the Attorney General’s Office by Aida Merlano’s former campaign coordinator, Rafael Antonio Rocha Salcedo, which ensures the traceability of the illegal transaction.
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The delivery of the documents and the relevant declaration was made at the Colombian consulate in Madrid. Spain, since 2018. It is also mentioned here that the operation was financed by the Char family’s Banco Serfinanza and the Gerlein family’s Valorcon company.
Five years later and after hearing him in several hearings, the Court concluded that the statements made by Cha:Indicators and results of the elections are insufficient so far.
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