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Although Senator Eduardo Pulgar is under investigation for three crimes, the Supreme Court of Justice ordered him to be detained for only one of them: influence peddling.
In this crime, however, according to sources from the high court, the Court is investigating two acts of influence peddling.
The first is related to the complaint made by journalist Daniel Coronell, who published a series of audios in which Pulgar is heard allegedly trying to bribe a judge with “200 bars” to favor a judicial decision with some friends and political sponsors of yours.
(Also read: Another magistrate will be charged for alleged corruption in Barranquilla).
The second case of alleged influence peddling It has to do with a fact according to which the senator tried to make representations to the Ministry of Education and public officials in order, supposedly, to get that portfolio to carry out improper actions.
The investigation against Pulgar was opened in the Investigation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice in August of this year, after the high court received the complaint from journalist Daniel Coronell.
(Also: Prosecutor’s Office is already investigating a former consul for Senator Pulgar’s audios)
That case was in the office of the magistrate Marco Antonio Rueda Soto, who prepared the presentation to stop and resolve Pulgar’s legal situation, which was supported by the magistrates of the Investigation Chamber, except for one of them who saved his vote.
Although the detention of Pulgar -who was captured this Tuesday at the El Dorado airport- is due to influence peddling, the high court refrained from issuing an arrest measure for the crime violation of the caps or limits of expenses in electoral campaigns, for which the process against him had also been initiated.
Nor did it resolve the legal situation for the third crime, that of bribery for the alleged offer to the judge.
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(Also read: Prosecutor’s Office rejects that Pulgar’s disciplinary trial goes to Congress)
Court sources explained that this does not mean that Thumb will no longer be investigated for allegedly exceeding electoral spending ceilings, or for bribery. What happens, the sources said, is that Pulgar’s legal situation has only been resolved for now due to cases of alleged influence peddling, since that is the only crime that exceeds 4 years in prison, and that is why can impose the measure of assurance, while the others will continue to be investigated to establish what decision is made later on them.
On the other hand, the Court affirmed that ordered the arrest of Pulgar without having to ask Congress for his suspension in order to capture him, because in this case he found that the capture does not affect the public function as such.
In any case, the high court communicated this decision to the Senate to determine what corresponds after the arrest, that is, to determine whether to suspend Pulgar.
It was also known that the status of activist of the senator for ‘the U’ Eduardo Pulgar was suspended after the decision of his capture was known.
“This Tuesday, after the arrest of Senator Pulgar by order of the Supreme Court and based on the party’s statutes, his membership will be immediately suspended” in the party, said the head of ‘the U’, Dilian Francisca Bull.
(Details: ‘La U’ suspends Senator Pulgar after arrest warrant)
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