Colombia jails businessman for stealing development funds
A judge in Colombia’s capital Bogota sentenced a businessman to four years in prison for embezzling more than $17 million (COP70 billion) meant to provide internet to children in rural…
A judge in Colombia’s capital Bogota sentenced a businessman to four years in prison for embezzling more than $17 million (COP70 billion) meant to provide internet to children in rural…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office included the finance minister and other close allies of President Gustavo Petro in an ongoing investigation into corruption at disaster management unit UNGRD. The investigations seek…
Colombia’s Supreme Court removed the magistrates who were investigating congressmen’s alleged corruption from the case after the testimony of the main suspect was leaked. In a press statement, the court…
The government of President Gustavo Petro wanted to use disaster management funds to buy congressional support, the former director of disaster management unit UNGRD told the Supreme Court. In a…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office asked the Supreme Court to investigate nine congressmen for their alleged involvement in a corruption scandal. The lawmakers would have conspired to embezzle funds with former…
Corruption cost Colombia’s disaster management agency UNGRD more than $60 million since 2022, acting Comptroller General Carlos Mario Zuluaga told weekly Cambio. In an interview, Zuluaga told Cambio that 20…
Rodolfo Hernandez, who ended second in Colombia’s presidential election of 2022 was sentenced to five years and four months for corruption. The judge ruled that Hernandez will be allowed to…
The association of retired police commanders ACORPOL allegedly conspired with active officials to secure the election of former President Ivan Duque in 2018. In a report, television news program Noticias…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said that corruption allegations made against government officials and members of Congress are part of a “coup strategy.” During a speech, Petro said that admittedly corrupt…