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The case of the former Minister of Agriculture Andrés Felipe Arias, convicted of irregularities in the Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS) case, again sparked controversies on November 9, when he asked the justice to begin to grant him the exit permit from imprisonment for 72 hours to study or work.
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Although the second court of execution of sentences of Bogotá approved the appeal to Arias, EL TIEMPO was able to establish that it has not yet been made effective, so the former official is waiting for the date of his first departure.
This administrative benefit is granted to convicted persons who meet requirements such as good behavior, there is no risk of flight and who have served a third of the sentence imposed.
In the case of Arias, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison, and has already served, between the time he was detained in Colombia and the United States. more than five and a half years of effective detention.
Both the Attorney General’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office asked the Court to confirm the conviction against the former minister
In addition, from his confinement site in a military unit in the north of Bogotá, he has been redeeming his sentence, with which he hopes to reduce his sentence and be able to aspire in a short time to a benefit such as a house for jail and later parole.
In May 2019, Arias, 47, became the first person to have the possibility to challenge a decision that legally and constitutionally had only one instance: the 17-year prison sentence imposed by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The review is in the office of the magistrate Gerson Chaverra, who must present a presentation to the other magistrates in the review room (Fabio Ospitia and the co-judge Whanda Fernández).
At the end of October of this year, considering that Arias’s trial and sentence were adjusted to the law, both the Attorney General’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office asked the Court to confirm the conviction against the former minister.
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