Mayors suspended for corruption in pandemic aid

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According to the Office of the Attorney General, this contract did not meet the legal requirements, since it was done with legal entities that would not have the logistical, legal and financial capacity to carry it out.

The case of José Manuel Ríos Morales, Mayor of Armenia, It has to do with alleged anomalies in the surveillance and execution of 4 contracts for more than 1,590 million pesos.

It appears that unsuitable suppliers were improperly selected through the direct contracting mechanism.

On June 2, the Attorney General’s Office had provisionally suspended Ríos Morales, a decision that was ratified by the Disciplinary Chamber of the Public Ministry.

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