A group of senators would copy the same corruption model The incident in which the strong man was sentenced to 15 years in prison former senator Mario Castaño PérezHe died while serving his sentence in a cell a few days ago. La Picota prisonIt is located in Bogota.
Prosecutor’s Office It is documented in an extensive dossier held by a special anti-corruption prosecutors group. Maneuvers to be implemented by members of CongressPublic officials and individuals are trying to deplete the state’s resources.
(We’ll leave it to you: Which senator’s office did the woman accused of the million-dollar corruption case work in?)
Therefore, this irregular practice in recruitment would not be specific to this group only. ‘puppets’Castaño Pérez’s group was known, but Congress members involved in the investigation would have created their own networks with tentacles in various public institutions.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the politicians’ aim will be to increase the flow of voters in the regions where the work will be carried out. peace silver; contractors to increase their wealth and civil servants to make a profit ‘illegal organisations’ rising in these and future political ambitions was where they belonged.
(As you can see: The Supreme Court opened an investigation against Senator Ciro Ramírez on four counts)
In the process leading to the indictment Katherine Rivera Bohorquezmember of the congressman’s Legislative Task Force (UTL) Ciro Ramirez and contractor Anderson GonzálezThe prosecution mentioned other politicians who would be implicated in allegations of irregularities amounting to more than 70,000 million pesos.
EL TIEMPO learned about the investigation that mentioned the late former senator Mario Castaño, as well as members of congress Samy Merheg, Carlos Abraham Jiménez, Ciro Ramírez Cortés, Juan Felipe Lemos Uribe, Miguel Ángel Barreto, Carlos Fernando Motoa and House of Representatives candidate Julio César García.
And just like Castaño has it as a key piece, Juan Carlos Martínez RodríguezOther congressmen who were responsible for giving and passing instructions to other members of the criminal network would also have their own contacts. The person most recently indicted in the Ciro Ramírez case was Katherine Rivera, who would also be Congressman Barreto’s liaison. Oscar Humberto Leyton; that of legislator Motoa will be Giancarlo Storino, and candidate García’s main contact will be Jhon Jairo Tejada García.
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During the period accessed by this newspaper, the prosecutor’s office made the following warning: Apparently every senator has a group operation to obtain illegal benefits. It also includes the names of other former officials, such as the deputy director of programs, who would play key roles in the organizational chart to enable irregular hiring. Department of Social Welfare (DPS) and former candidate for the House of Representatives, Pierre Eugenio Garcia Jacquier; Tatiana Volveres Ramos, the official of this organization and the director of Proyecta Quindío, Pablo César Herrera CorreaHe is currently a witness for the Prosecution.
Likewise, contractors such as Anderson González, Raúl Cardozo Ordóñez, Raúl Cardozo Nuncira, Raúl Cardozo Navas, Andrés Ospina Rosales and Alejandro Noreña Castro (proceeding in a collaboration process). Many of them have been sued.
Although the Prosecutor’s Office cannot file a lawsuit against members of Congress due to its jurisdiction Supreme Court– In the investigation carried out against the officers and contractors, it was stated that they were all involved in a criminal organization that has been operating since 2021 and even extends to this year, and that they are wanted:direct public procurement to benefit senators and House candidates”.
The amount of irregularities detected so far exceeds 70 billion pesosand attempts to participate in public tenders stretched back several months, so the Prosecutor’s Office continues to investigate new tender processes. In fact, some of those subject to investigation can be heard in wiretaps talking about their appointments with the authorities on October 6. mayor of berilejo In addition to the contract with Invías and the contract for the Bogotá car park.
“They are allegedly corrupt public officials (…), Senator Ciro Ramírez remains in office and continues to instrumentalize these punishable behavior. There is talk of corruption in both branches of power –Executive and Legislative- to remove money-financed contracts from the state,” said the Prosecutor’s Office.
The organization in question documented contracts No. 501 of 2021 and No. 670 of 2021 signed between DPS and DPS. Quindío ProjectThey attempted to “manage” construction projects for the departments of Tolima, Quindío, and Valle del Cauca. In these contracts, members of Congress will have interference in delivering them to specific contractors.
(Our recommendation: Ciro Ramírez will respond to the Attorney General’s Office over allegations of irregular contracts)
Investigators added that the criminal organization was interested in contract No. 670 of 2021 for 49,000 million pesos; Contract 013, $1.6 billion, 2022, in Purificación, Tolima; Contract number 039 dated 2022 for 114 million; 011 to $1.9 billion in Mariquita, Tolima, and others in 2022. In the contract given to Andrés Ospina Rosales According to the prosecutor’s office, Pierre Eugenio García, Senator Barreto and Óscar Layton will be interested in the development of a footprint plate in Tolima for 8.9 billion pesos. And in four other contracts delivered Raúl Alfonso CardozoThe interested party was Senator Ciro Ramirez.
In the wiretaps obtained by this newspaper, the contractors can be heard talking about the following: Raúl Eduardo Cardozo Navas and to another person who mentioned other politicians, although he did not specify their intentions.
In a conversation, a man named Hugo tells Raúl that he just talked to him. Pedro Barrigaand you talked to him kike, “who made an appointment with the president who deals with this nonsense”; and that he later called Kate (an advisor to Senator Ramírez) and she told him: “Ciro’s friends, there are six people he can bring that wayJulieth Sánchez of Antioquia; Edward Triana of Bogotá; Andrés Forero from Bogotá; There are representatives of the chamber, Juan Espinal from Antioquia and Óscar Pérez from Antioquia, and a person named Juan Felipe Corzo from Norte de Santander, and Kate said these are the names Ciro could bring.
They then question whether it is better to continue talking on the conventional line or on WhatsApp and talk about what the political agreements could be for the newly held regional elections. “The government’s instruction was to help Carlos Osorio.Be careful, he told us this a few days ago, but when the mayor met them there yesterday, they called him and said that the order of the whole government and the team is to help Hugo.” Agreements with “James Will Help You”. Lastly, they put on their boots “to not take them off” They add that it is necessary.
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