Former anti-corruption prosecutor Gustavo Moreno will be totally isolated in pavilion 3 of La Modelo

The National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Inpec) reported, this December 31, that Luis Gustavo Moreno Rivera, a former anti-corruption prosecutor, was transferred to the Bogotá prison, La Modelo.

The deprived of liberty will be confined in a totally isolated cell, pavilion number 03 of the prison, as announced by the Inpec. In the procedure of entering the prison, a medical check-up was carried out to verify his state of health. In addition to that, it underwent the biosecurity protocol to mitigate the contagion of covid-19. as established by the Ministry of Health.

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Likewise, a security report was carried out to inform them of the procedures to be carried out, in order to guarantee their safety and personal integrity.

The decision to send the former official to said penitentiary was in charge of the Third Court of Execution of Penalties and Security Measures of Bogotá, an entity that specified that the accused will have to pay the penalty in a special pavilion in order to preserve his security and fundamental rights.

The foregoing, after said court received the concept from General Norberto Mujica, director of Inpec, who pointed out that there were two options to secure Moreno. “This address makes available the prison and penitentiary complex of Ibagué or the medium security prison of Bogotá La Modelo“He said in the document sent on December 17.

This is a highly debated issue since Moreno’s arrival in the country on December 4, because according to the agreement signed under the principle of opportunity between the former official and the Prosecutor’s Office, it was decided that, in exchange for his cooperation in the investigations, He would be held in the Center for Higher Studies of the Police (Cespo).

The same Third Court even issued an incarceration ticket in which the pertinent authorities were ordered to take him to said facilities, by determining, in agreement with the investigating body, that a traditional penitentiary would put the former head of the anti-corruption unit at a high level of risk, taking into account the statements he has given throughout the criminal process.

For these reasons, the aforementioned court issued an order which reads that “the director of Cespo must adopt the appropriate measures, in order to preserve the security and fundamental rights of the convicted Luis Gustavo Moreno Rivera ”.

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However, the claims of Moreno, the Prosecutor’s Office and the court fell apart a week after the arrival of the pre-appointed, since the then director of the Police, Óscar Atehortúa, forcefully rejected the transfer of the former official to the Study Center, arguing that it was not a detention center, but a training school, so it was not adapted to receive a convicted person by justice. His decision received the support of the director of Inpec.

This, despite the fact that Cespo is currently the place of confinement of General Maza Márquez, sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento; General (r) Mauricio Santoyo, accused by the Prosecutor’s Office of illicit enrichment and money laundering; and Roberto Prieto, who was former president Santos’ campaign manager, accused of receiving money from under the table from businessman Eduardo Zambrano. Piedad Zucardi, Dilyan Francisco Toro, Andrés Camacho Casado, among others, were also there.