The Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation against the former high presidential advisor for Consolidation and Stabilization, (2019 – 2021), Emilio José Archila Peñalosa, the former governor of Arauca, José Facundo Castillo Cisneros, and former mayor of La Paz, Cesar, Martín Guillermo Zuleta Mieles, all members of the Collegiate Decision-Making Body, OCAD Paz, for alleged irregularities in a road paving project in Miranda, Cauca, financed with Royalty resources of $7,152 million.
According to the complaint received by the Attorney General’s Office, OCAD Paz would have designated the Mixed Fund for the Promotion of Sports, Social Development and Social Management as the executor of the project, without apparently having the experience, administrative and technical capacity to execute road infrastructure projects, in addition to presenting a very low royalty project management rate, of only 18%, factors that made its designation unfeasible.
Among the evidence requested by the Public Ministry from the municipal administration of Miranda Cauca are: the previous study carried out on the Mixed Fund for the Promotion of Sports, Social Development and Social Management to propose it as the executor of the project and a certification on the technical reasons and experience with which he was presented to Ocad Paz.
The management of the Mixed Fund was also asked to certify the technical qualities it had at the time of assuming the execution of the work, to provide the resumes of the personnel (civil and road engineers, architects, geologists and other professionals) willing to comply with the terms of the contract and the financial statements for the periods 2019 to 2021, among others.
The Attorney General’s Office works from its disciplinary mission to guarantee the transparent management of the resources of the General Royalties System by public servants.