Just then, the ex-judge As the President of the Constitutional Court, Jorge Pretelt Chaljub, celebrated his 61st birthday, the Supreme Court of Justice decided on his appeal. a punishment against him in the first place.
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As it turns out With the EL TIEMPO scoop, CTI men began searching for him in Bogota on Friday and eventually caught him at midnight.At one of his properties in Montería (Córdoba).
The information on the ground showed that: The once-powerful former judge was in a luxury apartment in the El Recreo neighborhood of Montería, accompanied by some guests for his birthday party, which started on May 4. On the same date, the decision of the Supreme Court upholding the sentence was also known.
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“I was in one of the apartments in the Sotará building.“, one of the researchers told EL TIEMPO.
And according to the wiretaps, he added: Pretelt might have been warned about the operation, which was also deployed at several properties in Bogotá that he visited frequently.
lawsuit against you regarding a 500 million pesos bribe request to influence the guardianship process.
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Criminal Appeals Chamber The Supreme Court dismissed Pretelt’s appeal, which was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison, in a 160-page decision. Sentencing for concussion in 2019.
TIME determined that the failure occurred last Thursday. However, the Court only referred to the case when it published this media capture.
monterian Pretelt became the Supreme Court’s highest honor for trial and punishment.
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Indeed, although there Other former judges imprisoned for acts of corruption are from the neighboring Supreme Court. Your justice.
appears in the list Francisco Ricaurte, who was sentenced to 19 years in prison for bribery, influence trading and conspiracy to commit a crime in the ‘toga cartel’ case in March 2021. El Ricaurte is still in La Picota, despite the Bogota High Court reducing his sentence to 16 years and 5 months.
In the same case, That judges and lawyers conspired to steer the proceedings in that supreme court in exchange for millionaire sums, Gustavo Malo, also a former judge, was sentenced to 9 and a half years in prison.
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last february Former judge and former Supreme Court chief Camilo Humberto Tarquino was found guilty. to join the ‘toga cartel’.
And about the former president of the Supreme Court, José Leonidas Bustos Martínez weighs in on an arrest warrant and his case is under trial.
About the ex-judge Pretelt case The Supreme Court declared that it was responsible for demanding 500 million pesos from the Fidupetrol company, In exchange for favoring him in the custody process in October 2013.
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at that moment, The robed man contacted Fidupetrol’s lawyer, Víctor Hugo Pacheco, asking for $500 million to help him get custody from the trustee against a Supreme Court decision forcing him to pay in favor of the Casanare Government.22,500,000,000 pesos plus 10.5 percent interest.
According to the high court’s investigation, The meeting between Pacheco and Pretetl took place in the then judge’s flat in Bogotá. “Before attending a meeting at Club El Nogal”.
According to the decision, It turned out that Jorge Pretelt was tried in order to “overturn” the million-dollar fine given to Fidupetrol by the Supreme Court. He presented Pacheco with a “formula” or “roadmap” for management’s success.
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“Fidupetrol included Contract the professional services of Rodrigo Escobar Gil, former magistrate of the Constitutional Court, to continue the guardianship process and award bonuses to those who are part of the so-called guardianship act. the family nucleus of the judge in charge of the case (Mauricio González Cuervo),” the high court described.
In the Court’s view, Pretelt Chaljub “misconducted the Constitutional Court Magistrate’s office” in the custody review process and “made an unfair request to obtain a positive outcome”.
about lawyer The Judicial Disciplinary Commission, Víctor Hugo Pacheco, confirmed in March that he would not be able to practice the profession again.
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Decision It shows that the 10-year period determined by law has not passed in order to evaluate the sanction of dismissal due to the seriousness of the cases. Committed by Pacheco.
People close to Pretelt said WHEN to be transferred to Bogotá and requested to be sent to a military garrison.
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