The director of Migration Colombia, Carlos Fernando García Manosalva, who held that position since 2022, He resigned from his position on Wednesday, September 25, citing personal reasons, according to what he said in a letter sent to the Casa de Nariño.
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Garcia He worked in the administration of migration flows, supervising the entry and exit of national and foreign citizens through air terminals, ports and borders, addressing the migration crises in Darien and the border with Venezuela. In addition, faced the changes in the issuance of foreign identity cards.
He will be in office until September 27. and his resignation adds to another confirmed a few hours ago: that of Dagoberto Quiroga, Superintendent of Public Services, who had also assumed his position in 2022.
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Investigations against Garcia
Passports
Chancellery
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At the moment, García Manoslava is being investigated by the Attorney General’s Office for his alleged responsibility in irregularities that were allegedly committed when signing a contract for the printing of foreign identity cardsThe indictment came on July 3, 2024.
The document stipulated: “The Attorney General’s Office opened a disciplinary investigation against the director of Migration Colombia, Carlos Fernando García Manosalva, and the former general manager (e) of the National Printing Office, Andrés René Chaves Fernández (2023), for alleged irregularities in the contract signed for the printing of foreign identity cards, a job for which resources totaling 6.6 billion pesos were committed“.
The Attorney General’s Office also added: “The supervisory body is investigating an apparent lack of suitability of the National Printing Office to carry out the work, which led to the subcontracting of all the required services, which included the printing of the foreign identity cards, as well as the supplies, the preparation of the card, the personalization and delivery of the final document to Migración Colombia. Likewise, a possible violation of the free competition of bidders is the subject of the disciplinary investigation, since the contract was awarded directly.“.
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