Colombian official dismissed for illegal payments

Colombia’s Attorney General dismissed Bogota’s former ombudsman and barred him from government service for 12 years Wednesday, reported local media.

Francisco Rojas Birry is charged with receiving $112,000 in illegal payments from David Murcia Guzman, the head of DMG, a disbanded Colombian company suspected of money laundering.

Murcia claimed to have met Rojas twice in 2008, while he held his government position in the capital city.

According to Murcia, Rojas asked him to, “cover some debt and pay part of the campaign costs for the Bogota ombudsman election.”

 

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