On April 26, it was learned that Álvaro Córdoba, brother of the deceased senator Piedad Córdoba, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the United States for crimes related to drug trafficking, as ruled by the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York. In addition, in the sentence issued, Álvaro Córdoba will spend another four years of supervised freedom.
This sentence was a topic of debate, especially because, during his lifetime, his sister Piedad Córdoba, He tried to defend his brother, denying any link to the illicit shipment that would be shipped to the United States.
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However, the American justice system would not only have found Álvaro Córdoba guilty, but they would also have found the participation in key moments of the deceased congresswoman.
The alleged evidence would have been collected in an extensive document from the United States Prosecutor’s Office, in which they requested the conviction of the brother of the Antioquia politician, which was revealed by The viewer.
The investigation by US authorities, which began in March 2020, It initially focused on Álvaro Córdoba and two associates, Amanda Palacio Mena and Alberto Alonso Jaramillo Ramírez. However, during the process, several connections to the deceased senator were found. Undercover agents contacted Amanda Palacio, pretending to be intermediaries for Mexican cartels.
The authorities managed to record more than 300 calls and physical meetings between undercover agents and Amanda Palacio, who would have introduced Piedad Córdoba to the alleged representatives of Mexico on July 16, 2021. During the first contact, it was highlighted that Córdoba had “high contacts in the government”.
During one of the conversations, Palacio Mena indicated that he had informed Álvaro Córdoba about the interest of Mexican mafia delegates in supporting Piedad Córdoba, in exchange for facilitating a drug trafficking business. Álvaro Córdoba was emphatic that any matter related to his sister had to go through him firstmentioning that politically, this could benefit those involved, he also stated that it was a “win-win for everyone.”
The subsequent conversations focused on the details for cocaine shipments, payment logistics and other operational aspects, including the origin of the drug, indicated as production agents to the FARC dissidents, who would be in charge of the commander alias Martín. . The investigation revealed that Palacio and his associates claimed to have connections with the Poster of the Suns. They proposed to the undercover agents a business based on the support of this illegal network and its relationships in Colombia to move cocaine from Venezuela to Mexico, evading any control by the authorities.
On the other hand, the document known by the media reviewedrevealed a possible meeting that Piedad Córdoba would have had with the infiltrated DEA agents.
Everything would have been finalized through a phone call, in which Álvaro Córdoba made it clear that no details could be told through the call, because the phone could be intercepted. For this reason, the meeting would have been scheduled for September 23, 2021, at a political event in Bogotá. There was even a photograph left from the meeting with Senator Piedad Córdoba, her brother, Amanda Palacios, and the undercover agents.
After the meeting in Bogotá, the convicts and the undercover agents went to Medellín to organize the delivery of a sample of the cocaine that they planned to market. On December 17, 2021, at a farm outside Medellín, DEA agents received a sample of cocaine with a purity of 86.6% to 89.1%, visit that would also have been recorded in a photograph of the illicit product. As agreed, Palacio, Jaramillo and Álvaro Córdoba would have received US$15,000 from the undercover agents.
On February 2, 2022, the three Colombians were detained by the agents with whom they had been negotiating, who had posed as links to Mexican cartels for an entire year.
This is the complete document from the United States Attorney’s Office:
