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The former Minister of Agriculture, Andrés Felipe Arias, released a statement this Sunday in which he denies what was published in a “false news”, according to which he was supposedly in Chile and not in the pavilion of the military unit where he was transferred. last year.
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Arias, who signed and published his message from the North Canton, in Bogotá (where he has been detained since July 2019), stated that he had not “made use of his exit permit and that, at the time of doing so, it will be the responsibility of those who have instigated these false news, threats and hate messages what happens to me or my family. “
A few weeks ago a judge for the execution of sentences in Bogotá granted the former minister a work and study permit, convicted of the Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS) case and may leave the site where he is serving a sentence for 72 hours.
The judicial official notified Inpec of his decision, with which Arias will be able to define the time of his departure and justify the work that he will carry out outside the military unit in which he is serving a 17-year prison sentence.
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Arias also denounced that, as a result of these false versions, “threats and hate messages” against him have intensified.
“Some of these threats have been prosecuted by my lawyers before the Attorney General’s Office,” he adds.
Finally, the Colombian politician called on the authorities to investigate the origin of this false news.
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“Respectfully requests the Attorney General’s Office to investigate the origin of these false news, threats, and hate messages that fall on us,” he points out.
In mid-2014, the Criminal Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice declared Arias responsible for contract crimes without compliance with legal requirements and embezzlement by appropriation, and sentenced him to 17 years in prison.
In 2020, the former minister became the first person to have the possibility to challenge the conviction to which he was subjected.
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This is the statement from Andrés Felipe Arias
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