On this morning of June 24, 2024, the Military and Police Criminal Prosecutor General’s Office, through the Judicial Police Group, carries out a judicial inspection procedure at the Casa de Nariño. This action, which started at 8:30 amits main objective collect evidentiary material elements and physical evidence within the framework of an ongoing investigation.
The Specialized Knowledge Prosecutor’s Office 2203 leads this investigation, which focuses on facts related to the practice of a credibility and reliability test, known as a polygraph, applied to Mrs. Marelbys Mesa Buelvas on January 30, 2023.
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In particular, the investigation points to Colonel Carlos Feria and other officials of the National Police, who are also being investigated for their alleged participation in the administration of this polygraph test. The DIJIN Judicial Police, attached to the Military and Police Criminal Prosecutor General’s Office, is in charge of carrying out judicial inspection procedures, in order to obtain evidence that clarify the facts and determine responsibilities.
The collection of evidence at the Casa de Nariño is a crucial step in the development of this investigation, since it is expected that the elements collected will provide a solid basis for future judicial decisions.
A colonel linked to the case took his own life
Dávila’s name appeared in the scandal for alleged abuse of power and illegal telephone interceptions of a babysitter accused of robbery at the home of the former presidential chief of staff Laura Sarabia, which, according to the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, meant great pressure for him. , which led him to take his life.
It all began with the complaint of former nanny Marelbys Meza that after being accused of the theft of a briefcase with an unspecified sum of money, she was made to go to a presidential office where she was interrogated and subjected to polygraph tests without a court order.
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At the same time, the Police illegally intercepted his phone, using an operation against the Gulf Clan criminal gang as a cover.
Lieutenant Colonel Dávila was among the officers linked to the Prosecutor’s Office investigation.
The scandal triggered one of the worst crises of the Petro Government, and forced the resignation of Sarabia and the Venezuelan ambassador, Armando Benedetti, who was the one who supposedly leaked what happened to the press.
Petro, for his part, yesterday regretted having “underestimated” the pressure to which the colonel was under.
“It’s like they lent me a human being that I couldn’t take care of myself because I underestimated the pressure, me, because I’m used to feeling it, and I think other people do, and that’s not the case, no human being is the same,” said the president.
