The prosecution said Monday that it had reached a plea agreement with several corrupt former executives of Colombia’s disaster management agency UNGRD. In the deal, the former UNGRD executives and…
Colombia’s Supreme Court formally accused the former presidents of Congress of allegedly receiving bribes to secure their support for government reforms. The formal accusation against former Senate President Ivan Name…
An arraignment judge jailed two former directors of Colombia’s disaster management agency UNGRD as they await their corruption trials. Former UNGRD director Olmedo Lopez and his former deputy, Sneyder Pinilla,…
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…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro sacked his anti-corruption and regional development advisers for their alleged role in the embezzlement of disaster relief funds. Petro announced this after the former acting director…