He has made it clear from the first moment that he does not have any rapprochement with the Prosecutor’s Office, but deep down he does not rule out that it comes to that. It all depends on how much he confesses to justice who was his right-hand man in the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management UNGRD, Snyder Pinilla. “It depends on what he sings, so Olmedo will make the best decision,” said a source.
Olmedo López’s lawyer is none other than criminal lawyer José Moreno, brother of former prosecutor Luis Moreno, Snyder Pinilla’s lawyer. Despite these blood ties there is no kind of impediment. Olmedo’s lawyer has said that he will defend himself at trial, but does not rule out taking the same path as his brother’s client.
THE SILVER
One of the revealing pieces of information that has circulated in recent days is the fact that investigators are on the trail of 7.2 billion pesos in the case of the tank trucks alone and which would have been taken to distribute among the parliamentarians.
All the accusations point to the President of the Chamber Andrés Calle, who led an alleged ‘rebellion’ last year to push forward the health reform.
WHAT OLMEDO CAN SAY
On the other hand, it is clear that Olmedo López does not have the best relations with the Minister of the Interior, Luis Fernando Velasco, and this raised alarms about a possible attempt to smear the senior official. At the mere mention of Velasco by Olmedo, the minister was emphatic that he was the typical reaction of a thief, caught red-handed. And he also warned that during the month that he was in charge of the UNGRD he did not sign any contract or procurement. In addition, he requested that the assets of former directors and high-level officials be checked.
Although the Prosecutor’s Office assures that there are no approaches, the lawyer of former director Olmedo López has had some conversations.
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