This Thursday, October 21, the Investigation Chamber of the Supreme Court opened an investigation against the representative to the Chamber for Norte de Santander, Wilmer Ramiro Carrillo Mendoza.
The congressman from the La U Party was interrogated for the alleged contract crime without complying with legal requirements and embezzled for appropriation, which caused him to be formally linked to the case.
The investigation, which is in the hands of magistrate Francisco Javier Farfán, has to do with alleged irregularities in a 2010 public works contract, which he signed when he was Secretary of Infrastructure of the Government of Norte de Santander. The objective of the contract was to improve and maintain a road in the municipality of Arboledas.
The investigation will be held next November 23, about 9 in the morning.
It should be remembered that, in August 2018, the Attorney General’s Office asked the Supreme Court to investigate this same representative for his possible involvement in corruption cases that compromise resources from the health sector and the ethics of public servants.
The facts are related to the investigations carried out by the alleged anomalies detected in the conclusion of eight contracts for the supply of fuel to the ambulances and vehicles of the ESE Hospital de Ábrego (Norte de Santander), as well as in a civil works contract.
The investigating body compiled probative material that would show that the congressman had asked the new manager of the ESE Hospital de Ábrego (Norte de Santander), one hundred million pesos ($ 100,000,000), which were delivered in two payments of 50 million of pesos, money that he never returned.
The researchers also found that Carrillo Mendoza allegedly collected bribes of 10% and 20% of the contracts approved by the ESE. He would also have interference to distribute the personnel plant and would have even modified the manual of functions so that the sub-management of the entity was assigned to one of his wife’s sisters-in-law.
Carrillo is the new congressman from La U who is investigating the Court after last June 25 the high court sentenced Eduardo Pulgar, who was also from that political party, for influence peddling of a public servant in heterogeneous competition with the crime of bribery.
The Court explained that Pulgar must pay his sentence in jail for dealing with crimes against the public administration and house arrest will not be considered. The former senator accepted the charges and this reduced his sentence and went from 106 months (more than 8 years) to four years and 10 months. He was also disqualified for 63 months and 19 days from holding public office in the country.
The decision of the Special Trial Chamber explained that “Pulgar, in his capacity as senator at the time of the events, used unduly in favor of the Acosta family, influences before the Ministry of Education to benefit her in the process of ratifying the reform of the Metropolitan University statutes, in accordance with the legal and regulatory powers, and which finally allowed her family group to have control and management of the entity ”.
The Party of La U for its part, after the capture of Pulgar, made the decision to immediately suspend the congressman’s membership.
“The party’s Ethics Committee, independently and in accordance with its functions, has been carrying out such investigations. However, today after the arrest of the senator, by order of the Supreme Court, and also based on what is determined by the statutes of the Unity Party, the immediate suspension of the membership of Senator Eduardo Pulgar will be proceeded, “he said in a statement.
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