This Monday, the Attorney General’s Office opened a disciplinary investigation against former directors of the UNGRDamong them Olmedo Lopezfor alleged irregularities in the hiring of rebuild MocoaPutumayo, after the avalanche suffered in April 2017.
The decision was made by the Attorney General’s Office delegated to monitor royalties resources, which involved officials from the department, Fiduprevisora and Corporamazonía in the process. The opening occurred after a report dated February 12 that documented the natural tragedy that left several families in mourning, as more than 300 people died in the avalanche and thousands were left homeless.
To mitigate this damage, the Specific Action Plan (PAE) was created, to which nearly 185,000 million pesos were invested so that the National Disaster Risk Management Unit could advance improvement efforts in Mocoa. However, in the February report it was documented that as of February of last year, The progress of the work was 60.66 percent, and the financial progress was 61.69 percent..
The victims are building houses like these, made of plastic and wood. Mocoa (Putumayo): August 30, 2023
Photo:María Isabel Ortiz Fonnegra.EL TIEMPO
This led the Attorney General’s Office to carry out visits in which delays were evident in several worksfor which the former directors of the UNGRD Olmedo López and Eduardo José Gonzálezwho directed the entity between 2020 and 2022. In addition to Gerardo Jaramillo, Rocío del Pilar Rivera, Luis Alexánder Mejía, Rosa Edilma Agreda, Diego Edison Fajardo, Jamirson Cuellar, Héctor Eduardo Adrada and Jairo José Granados.
They will be found out if they had errors in the pre-investment stage of the PAE and in the execution stage. To determine whether they committed a disciplinary offense, tests were ordered on 17 UNGRD contracts, as well as documents in entities such as the Mocoa Mayor’s Office and the Aqueduct and Sewer Company.
The victims are building houses like these, made of plastic and wood. Mocoa (Putumayo): August 30, 2023
Photo:María Isabel Ortiz Fonnegra.EL TIEMPO
The delegate in charge of this disciplinary investigation opening process is John Harvey Pinzónwho appointed the professional to collect the ordered evidence Mercedes Manjarresadvisor attached to said agency.
This case in the UNGRD and against Olmedo López adds to the alleged irregularities in the purchase of 40 tank trucks to supply water to the municipalities of La Guajiracost overruns that also have criminal implications that led him to try to negotiate a principle of partial opportunity in the Attorney General’s Office.
Carlos López – Justice Editorial – @CarlosL49 – [email protected]
