Supreme Court uphold judgment linking forming mayor to paramilitaries
Supreme Court uphold judgment linking forming mayor to paramilitaries
posted by Marcus Sales
Aug 9, 2013
The Supreme Court have upheld a judgement regarding a former mayor who diverted public funds to a paramilitary group, reported Elespectador on Thursday.
Matias Oliveros del Villar, formerly Mayor of El Banco, a municipality in the northern department of Magdalena attempted to divert $320,000 dollars of public money to now demobilised paramilitary group AUC.
The criminal activities of the former mayor came to light after an agreement signed with the Ministry of Environment in 2005, which saw the municipality receive $680,000 dollars, intended to cover the liabilities of public service workers.
According to Elespectador, it was the suspicious division of these funds which led to Villar’s arrest.
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