Colombia's agriculture minister to be investigated over coronavirus funds scandal
Colombia’s agriculture minister to be investigated over coronavirus funds scandal
by Adriaan Alsema April 25, 2020
President Ivan Duque (L) and Agriculture Minister Rodolfo Zea (Image: President's Office)
Colombia’s chief prosecutor asked the Supreme Court to investigate the role of the country’s agriculture minister in the alleged misappropriation of emergency coronavirus funds.
In a joint press conference with the inspector general and the comptroller general, chief prosecutor general Francisco Barbosa announced that Agriculture Minister Rodolfo Zea was among those suspected of corruption.
In a press release, the three investigative bodies anounced the suspension of a governor, criminal investigations into six others and investigations into two national government agencies.
It wasn’t until the press conference that it became clear that these agencies were the National Planning Department, which apparently transferred emergency funds to ghost accounts, and agricultural support agency Finagro, which allegedly granted emergency credit to large firms instead of farmers.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-agriculture-minister-to-be-investigated-over-coronavirus-funds-scandal/
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(Perhaps, as an afterthought, a small portrait of Escobar's chief assassin, Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, AKA "Popeye." )
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