Merlano also mentioned former Vice President Germán Vargas Lleras and former prosecutor Néstor Humberto Martínez for orchestrating a setup to get her convicted of buying votes for the 2018 elections, in which she was elected congresswoman.
According to the documents, the lawyers Raúl Cadena Lozano, Diego Muñetón and Teodoro Antonio De Yongh Salcedo allegedly “were sent both by the Char family and by Julio Gerlein to their place of detention in order to convey to her offers of money and/or collaboration. in exchange for his silence.
The former officials of the Prosecutor’s Office Gueryn Hernández Espitia and Elvia Isabel Otero Ojeda “would also be involved in the plot and/or judicial set-up that was carried out against them during the raid on the Casa Blanca political headquarters.”
Now, both the Investigation Commission and the Prosecutor’s Office have to decide what to do next with Merlano’s version and assess its soundness in light of the existence or otherwise of other evidence regarding her claims and her refugee status in Venezuela.
The 41-year-old woman took refuge in Venezuela after escaping from a Colombian prison in October 2019, taking advantage of a visit to the dentist, although she was recaptured two months later.
In response to the accusations, Former President Álvaro Uribe published a statement in which he targeted Venezuela.
The leader of the Conservative Party Democratic Center stated that the president Nicholas Maduro added “Mrs. Merlano to the list of people and fugitives from Justice that she has manipulated” so that they testify against her and assured that all her campaigns were financed with “transparent resources.”
According to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, apart from her version, the complainant did not provide evidence.
Merlano, congressman for the Conservative Party during the 2014-2018 legislative period, made these statements in the framework of the process against him for alleged electoral fraud and flight.
Source: Ambito
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