federal agents and Documents in possession of EL TIEMPO confirm that a prominent aviation businessman in Colombia has surrendered to US justicelast June 8.
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Actually, They assure that he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and was summoned to a hearing on October 17 to determine his legal status, which could include a prison sentence of up to 11 years.
His name, as recorded in documents filed in the Florida Intermediate Court, Tampa Division, is Carlos Eduardo Restrepo OsorioHe is known as Caco among his relatives.
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Revelation The delivery by EL TIEMPO caused confusion in the country for two reasons.
Firstly, because Restrepo Osorio is affiliated with the Ibagué Sadi SAS Air Group, Person who served the Petro Presidente campaign.
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Even The National Electoral Council (CNE) is verifying whether it is possible to file a large number of invoices and collection accounts belonging to itself and other companies of irregularities in the campaign, which its managers emphatically deny.
In addition, EL TIEMPO found that Sadi SAS was also included in the campaign accounts of at least 20 members of the Historical Pact. in two items: transportation costs and donations from individuals.
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This is stated in the official database Senators like Iván Cepeda, Wilson Arias, and even former senator Roy Barreras have Open Accounts on their records.
The transportation service item includes a total of 60 million 782 thousand pesos per person; and, in the case of monetary or in-kind contributions, donations and loans, an amount of exactly the same value.
Total, The Historical Pact appears to justify transportation expenses of 1.215 million pesos and donations of the same value linked to the aviation company Sadi SAS
About, Former senator Roy Barreras stated that he never traveled with this airline in their network.
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“For the public and general interest: I have never used that company. This is the first time I hear of its existence. I will ask the authorities to verify whether there are any records of services paid in my name with my signature or authorization. I can’t be. I’ve never used these and didn’t recognize them. If my name is misused in any impersonation or false registration, this should be investigated,” said Barreras.
The senator on his own behalf Ivan Cepeda He posted on his networks: “Ladies and Gentlemen, EL TIEMPO: I respectfully request that you correct the information in this article: I have never used a privately owned aircraft service in my political life or campaign. Please correct this incorrect statement”.
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TIME He contacted Senator Cepeda, whom he had been calling since Saturday, and explained why this was showing up on his campaign accounts. and other colleagues’ transportation services are provided by Sadi SAS.
“With The dynamics of being a closed list, I don’t know why the campaign manager decides that each member arbitrarily decides on items. I have no affiliation with this company and have never traveled with them even once (sic). I did not travel to any of these companies, I had cancer at that time and was undergoing chemotherapy. That’s why I didn’t travel during the campaign,” Senator Cepeda told EL TIEMPO.
another member The Historic Pact was signed by Senator Cepeda and congressional campaign manager Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo. He was the one who distributed these payments to at least the top 10 on the list, which is why they are in the services of Sadi Piedad Córdoba and María José Pizarro, and said that they would ask him to explain what happened.
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Pizarro also assured that he had never contracted with a privately owned aircraft service. EL TIEMPO had also been searching for María José Pizarro since Saturday, but they reported that she was in a forum with several members of the Historical Pact.
This newspaper called Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, then director of the Historical Pact’s legislative campaign, saying: Today the Minister of Health will answer five key questions that many members of this community are also asking.
How did the Ibagué Air Society (Sadi SAS) begin offering its services to the 2022 parliamentary elections campaign?
If the campaign accounts of 20 senators who claim that they did not benefit from the company’s services, why do transportation services totaling 1.2 billion pesos and donations of the same value appear?? Who used these services?
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¿The campaign was unaware that Carlos Eduardo Restrepo Osorio, partner and director of Sadi SAS, was named in the narco-related case seized in Providencia in 2021.? So what is your opinion that Carlos Restrepo turned himself into the US justice system for drug trafficking?
The press chief assured him that he would send the questions. but he said it was difficult to get a response over the weekend.
Another question that arises from this case is what Restrepo will say in the United States.If you are looking for a cooperation agreement.
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EL TIEMPO found that in addition to the Providencia narcoplaque, there are other issues of interest to federal agencies. These range from flights to Venezuela to the affairs of an heiress and the nature of a former and powerful drug trafficker from Cundinamarca. Also verify versions of a cash contribution of approximately $1.5 billion to someone close to a politician.
In contact with EL TIEMPO, Atlántico (Cambio Radical) governor Elsa Noguera denied using the services of the company linked to Restrepo Osorio and explained: Source of a photo appearing in the gallery of the Sadi SAS website
In the picture Noguera is seen with a man in her office at the governor’s office, and in the background you see Verónica Alcocer, the current First Lady, and Nicolás Petro. Eldest son of President Gustavo Petro.
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Noguera pointed out that he has been on duty for about a month when the then Atlantic MP asked him for a date.
Petro came to the meeting with Verónica Alcocer and the man in the photo. The latter offered him ambulance helicopters for the hospital network, but the offer was rejected because it was expensive and the department had the facilities to deal with all types of emergencies.
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