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Colombia's prosecution asked to revise investigation against presidential candidate
by Adriaan Alsema April 12, 2021
Former Medellin Mayor Sergio Fajardo asked Colombia’s Prosecutor General to revise a controversial decision to investigate the candidate in next year’s presidential election.
The prosecution has been accused of political persecution after announcing it would investigate Fajardo for seeking a $77 million loan when he was governor of the Antioquia province in 2013.
The investigation implied that the presidential candidate should have foreseen a global commodity crisis that sunk the value of the peso in 2014.
Fajardo’s defense attorney, Mauricio Pava, formally requested Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa “to convene a technical-legal committee” that could revoke the decision to open an investigation.
Barbosa, one of President Ivan Duque‘s best friends, has been criticized by politicians from and economists over the investigation against of the favorites in the 2022 election race.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-prosecution-asked-to-revise-investigation-against-presidential-candidate/
