Colombia's Corruption Scandal: Arrests of Senate and House Leaders

The Supreme Court of Justice accuses parliamentarians Iván Name and Andrés Calle of having collected large sums of money to help the Executive pass their bills Read

Bogotá, Colombia.- The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia ordered on Wednesday the capture of former presidents of the Senate, Iván Name and of the House of Representatives, Andrés Calle, involved in a corruption scandal within the Government. Name, of the Alianza Verde party, and Calle, of the Liberal party, were accused by former officials of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) of receiving 4 billion pesos (about a million…

The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday against former Senate President Iván Leonidas Name and former head of the House of Representatives Andrés Calle, for the alleged links with the corruption scandal of the National Disaster Risk Management Unit (Ungrd). READ ALSO: Starts probatory phase of defense in trial against former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe The court considered that former congressmen may b…

By Fernando Ramos, CNN en Español The Colombian Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of former Congressional presidents Senator Iván Name of the Green Alliance party and Representative Andrés Calle of the Liberal party, a source at the highest court told CNN. The two are being investigated for the corruption scandal at the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD). According to some of the implicated public officials currently in custod…

Colombia's Corruption Scandal: Arrests of Senate and House Leaders

Colombia's Supreme Court has issued arrest orders for Ivan Name and Andres Calle, former legislative leaders, over corruption charges. They're accused of receiving $1 million to approve key legislation. Both deny charges, yet Name is already detained. Their vacated seats will remain unfilled during the legal proceedings.

Colombia's top court orders arrests of former legislature presidents

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's Supreme Court on Wednesday issued arrest orders for Ivan Name, the former president of the country's Senate, and Andres Calle, the former president of the House of Representatives, over corruption allegations.