A trip to Latvia in the first half of 2022 was one of the clues to the alleged irregularities. In the purchase of an Embraer Legacy Jet by the Colombian National Police.
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As EL TIEMPO predicted over the weekend, the Comptroller’s Office is investigating an alleged family injury claim nearby. $12 million for the purchase of the plane, which will be used to move soldiers but can only take 18 passengers.
Little is known beyond the press release from the controlling entity. However, EL TIEMPO investigated and found that the negotiation by private parties was headed by a well-known Brazilian businessman in the industry: Luiz Ignacio Stein.
Like a related company, Inverluna, Stein appears to be a shareholder in Río Sur SAS. Servientrega is owned by well-known businessman Jesús Guerrero Hernández.
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Rio Sur SAS, Three member firms of the consortium that are advancing luxury aircraft negotiations with the police: Consorcio Aeronaves PNC.
Stein and Guerrero’s company appears with 5 percent of the consortium; 90 percent is in the hands of Ingeambicol, which was founded in Arauca in 1989 and has 73 billion pesos assets.
The remaining 5 percent appears in its name. Construction, Corporate and Development Projections SAS is also located in Arauca.
It is remarkable that a construction company from Arauca is involved for the Financial Advisory. However, sources close to the process stated that it was included to meet the economic indicator, as the technical expertise is responsible for Río Sur.
EL TIEMPO researched and found that Ingeambicol It is owned by Sharon Gianina Moreno Bernal, who appears with 98 percent of the shares.
The rest belongs to Ingrid Astrid Ramírez Arrieta.
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The name of the company was formerly Agroambiente Ldta and, in turn, he owns the Event and Food Company, a company dedicated to providing event catering.
Ingeambicol has signed a contract with the Arauca government for close to 90 million pesos. One is to strengthen the areas of consultation and decision-making to advance public policy towards victims in that department, and the other is to support the development of strategies that promote bird tourism in Arauca.
He also had 6 contracts with the mayor of Arauca in the period 2015-2019 exceeding 14,600 million pesos. These include the provision of cleaning services, the payment of utilities, and the production of radio spots.
Researchers focused Jet’s terms of purchase and various changes to the terms.
They highlight their visit to Latvia to check out Jet, offered by the PNC Aircraft Consortium. In this context, it was noted that although it was stated in the request, the relocation was planned to take 3 days. The proposal determined that the duration of the first inspection visit would be at least five (05) business days, including travel days and holidays.
However, there is an even more striking fact. In the report of the technical committee that conducted the review, it is seen that the aircraft proposed by the consortium and defined by the VP-BGP registration was verified and did not meet all the technical requirements. such as engines, maximum take-off weight, working ceiling and fuel storage capacity.
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On the same trip, another plane, which was not offered, was checked, detected. With registration number 9H-AIQ. The delegation came to the conclusion that it met better requirements, although it was not offered, and began to change it.
According to the police, the process allowed: “(…) If market conditions do not allow the aircraft to be listed in accordance with the requested technical terms, the bidder may propose other terms, provided that they exceed the requested minimum requirements.”.
EL TIEMPO had access to other Police documents as stated on 25 July 2022, contract manager and technical team staff paid a pre-receipt visit to Embraer EMB135BJ LEGACY 600 aircraft in Riga (Latvia).
After the inspection visit, As stated in the minutes, “the corporate logos of the Colombian National Police began to be transferred to the paint shop to change the exterior design and then moved to Bogota – Colombia”.
However, on October 10, a new amendment to the contract was signed, due to which the seller stated in the official letter of October 6, 2022 the impossibility of carrying out the delivery of the aircraft within the scheduled time.
in the first contract.
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as they say “Force majeure as a result of the war between Russia and Ukraine made it difficult to cancel the registration.
aircraft in the country of origin“, says the document.
According to the Court of Accounts, no documents were observed that clearly indicate the force majeure used by the supplier.
Also, it was found change and delay in crew training.
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