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Despite the explanations he gave, the Governor of Arauca, Facundo Castillo Cisneros, has just been notified of the investigation and precautionary measure imposed by the Comptroller, the Attorney General and the Prosecutor’s Office for irregularities in signing contracts to acquire markets and other aid for the most vulnerable population in your department, who elected him with 46,509 votes.
In the package of governors investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office are also Magdalena, Carlos Caicedo; Vichada, Álvaro León and San Andrés, Everth Hawkins.
From a fiscal point of view, the comptroller Felipe Córdoba also investigates actions in Valle, Tolima and Casanare. And Attorney General Carrillo announced that, from a disciplinary point of view, he was suspending the Chocó’s, Ariel Palacio, from his duties. In addition, he investigates contracts in Cesar.
The suspension of the Chocó madatario is for three months after the signing of a 2,000 million peso contract that, until now, has not been duly justified.
This was just announced at a press conference by the comptroller Felipe Córdoba, the prosecutor Francisco Barbosa and the attorney Fernando Carrillo.
Officials warned that have already found irregularities in 53 processes contractual for more than 135,000 million pesos.
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The most advanced case is that of Arauca, which has already been prosecuted by the Comptroller’s Office for 1,050 million pesos. The official is also on the list of prosecutor Barbosa, who asked his delegates before the Supreme Court to investigate those of San Andrés, Vichada and Magdalena.
The investigation into the hiring in Cesar and Tolima is carried out by the Office of the Attorney General, who also already opened disciplinary proceedings against Arauca.
Facundo Castillo, governor of Arauca, is investigated for possible indications of corruption in various contracts signed during the health emergency.
Court of accounts
Another investigation that draws attention is that of alleged cost overruns in the markets being distributed by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Unged), led by Eduardo José González.
At the press conference, Comptroller Córdoba also said that They have already made 16 technical tables among the elite groups created to review the contracts made during the health emergency, which in most cases is done in the shadow of the figure of manifest urgency.
In this sense, the Comptroller is carrying out 21 special actions, has reviewed 17,486 contracts and there are 53 firm processes.
In the case of Tolima governor, the contract for 1,020 million pesos got him entangled that TIME had denounced and that they were used for a communication plan.
Your colleague from Casanare, Salomón Sanabria, must answer for a contract of 8,181 million pesos for rations.
As for the municipalities, they appear among the investigated Malambo, Soledad, Tocancipá, Girón, Barrancabermeja, Puerto Gaitán, Coveñas, Soacha, Cota, Puerto Escondido and Mapiripán.
A town in Bogotá is in the crosshairs
In the list, attention is drawn to the investigation in the town of Santa Fe, in Bogotá, which concentrates vulnerable populations such as sex workers, recyclers and Venezuelan migrants.
For his part, The Office of the Attorney General has reviewed 5,586 contracts for 1.4 trillion pesos and has carried out 990 preventive actions.
As for the Prosecutor’s Office, this It has 990 contracts under the magnifying glass, 38 processes in preliminary investigation and 63 in preliminary verification.
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