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The accusing entity “He did not find elements of responsibility against General Atehortúa Duque or the configuration of the contract offense without compliance with legal requirements, for which he was being investigated ”within the criminal proceeding in which the apparent responsibility of the officer in alleged irregularities in the hiring of a public housing project in San Luis, Tolima was pointed out.
This was stated by the Prosecutor’s Office in a statement, that also posted on Twitter, in which he clarified that, however, “The investigation will continue against other officers who participated in different contractual phases that do reveal questions.”
#ATTENTION | Statement from the #Prosecutor General of the Nation. pic.twitter.com/qleU2QQXMp
– Colombia Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaCol) December 4, 2020
In the case of Atehortúa, the entity specified that the delegate prosecutor before the Supreme Court of Justice that carried out this process decided to close the investigation against the high command “after assessing the physical evidence and the evidence obtained.”
The Prosecutor added that, although It was found that the Director of the Police intervened in the liquidation phase of the disputed contracts when he was director of the Institution’s Revolving Fund between 2014 and 2015, andThe general also “expressed disagreements due to the deterioration or non-completion of some work fronts, and sought a tight legal outlet to avoid a patrimonial detriment ”.
It is important to mention that the disciplinary trial against the high command continues in the Attorney General’s Office, where this week a hearing was held in which the delegate attorney scolded Atehortúa for his busy schedule.
Why are they investigating General Óscar Atehortúa?
The disciplinary and criminal investigation (which has now been shelved) against the director of the National Police It has to do with the construction of a project of 51 public houses that were not finished and do not have habitability conditions, indicates El Colombiano.
Óscar Atehortúa’s relationship with this case, which also sparked a fight between senior police officers, with the intervention of the Minister of Defense, dates back to February 21, 2014, when the general began to perform the position of director of the Police Revolving Fund, where he learned of situations related to the aforementioned contracts, Blu Radio specified.
In parallel with the process in the Prosecutor’s Office, the Comptroller General of the Republic determined the occurrence of an alleged fiscal damage in the work for $ 5,364 million, adds El Colombiano.
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