Minister did NOT admit to bribing Congress: transitional justice chief
Colombia’s former health minister did not admit to bribing congress in his application to be...
Tag: Diego Palacio
‘Former Colombia minister admits to bribing congress to allow Uribe’s 2006 election’
Colombia’s imprisoned former health minister has admitted to bribing members of congress to...
Former minister asks inclusion in Colombia’s transitional justice system
Colombia’s imprisoned former health minister allegedly wants to be included in a recently...
Former Uribe ministers sentenced to prison for bribing congress to allow 2006 reelection
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced two former ministers to six years and eight months...
Former ministers on trial over bribing lawmakers into allowing Uribe’s 2006 reelection
Two former ministers on Monday began defending themselves before Colombia’s Supreme Court...
Former ministers’ bribery cases to be joined
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to join cases of former ministers accused of bribing congressmen to approve a constitutional amendment needed for the 2006 reelection of former President Alvaro Uribe. A board...
Ex-ministers investigated over health funds scandal
Colombian authorities open an investigation into former Minister of Social Protection Diego Palacio and former Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata over the alleged embezzlement of public health funds by health insurance (EPS)...
Prosecuter general takes over ‘Yidispolitica’ bribery cases
Colombia’s Prosecutor General Viviane Morales took over the cases against ex-Interior and Justice Minister Sabas Pretelt de la Vega and ex-Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio for their involvement in the...
