THE HOMELAND | MANIZALES
In the hearings for 9 police officers and 4 individuals, the Prosecutor’s Office charged them with different crimes allegedly committed in the process of scrapping articulated buses and feeders that provided their service to Megabús de Pereira. The uniformed men would have received money for issuing false expert certificates to public cars.
Among those punishable, ideological falsehood in a public document and prevarication by omission, foisted on public officials, charges that none accepted. Belén Zapata Aguirre, owner of the Logitrámites company, is accused of conspiracy to commit an aggravated crime. She accepted and thanks to a pre-agreement she will receive a 36-month sentence.
Michel González Medina, head of the Vehicle Disintegration Zone, also accepted the crimes of material falsification of aggravated public document and simple conspiracy to commit a crime, so he will get a 48-month sentence.
The accusing entity requested non-custodial measures for all, with the commitment not to leave the country, to go when they are wanted and that the uniformed men not exercise their specialty as vehicle identification technicians of the National Police, nor can they issue identification certificates. vehicles.
Of the nine police officers arrested, seven are active and belong to the Sijín, as automotive technicians from Medellín and Manizales.
the crime chain
Photo taken from the audience | HOMELAND
The investigation was initiated by a source who gave information to the Prosecutor’s Office about the process of scrapping 90 Megabús buses and articulated buses without complying with legal requirements.
They established that the vehicles belonged to the Itaú bank and its executives indicated that in fact they hired the company Logitrámites, owned by Belén Zapata Aguirre, to disintegrate the vehicles. Belén, in turn, to the disintegration company of Michel González Medina, which issues the certificate to upload it to the RUT.
Belén admitted that she gave extra money to expedite the issuance of vehicle certificates by the Police. It was learned that, although the uniformed officers had to carry out the expert examination by checking each vehicle, they did so without even seeing them. The woman admitted that the payments ranged from $100,000 to $1 million, for each certificate.
Despite the fact that the vehicle did not exist, Michel certified that it was in the process of being physically disintegrated, he was aware of the documents issued by the Sijín and that the cars were not disintegrated in Medellín, but in Cali. in another of the offices, all so that the bank will pay them for the services rendered.
The accusing entity indicated that in 2018, 2019 and 2020 the police signed technical reviews of Megabús buses and articulated buses, without complying with the legal requirements. The cars never entered the technical rooms of Medellín and Manizales. It has interceptions of calls where Belén confirms that the cars were never taken to make the expert report, only the imprints, and the required photographic record was not captured.
Likewise, the prosecuting entity stated that there were vehicles that had already been scrapped two months before the certificates were issued. 10 buses had a complaint for theft, and others, legal proceedings.
Among those indicated there are two uniformed officers attached to the Manizales Metropolitan Police (one is from Villamaría) and another who is a pensioner, worked in the capital of Caldas, and they accuse him of committing a crime at the time of the events.
2023-07-29 05:00:09
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