They will face several charges brought by the Prosecutor’s Office.
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On July 26, in Itagüí, Antioquia, and Cali, the Attorney General’s Office carried out operations to capture Javier García Rojas, known as alias ‘Maracuyá’pointed out as an ‘invisible drug trafficker’ and, likewise, a network of front men that also included his sister Ruth García and, apparently, Luis Fernando Lían, a businessman from Cali who was manager of Metrocali.
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The judicial entity pointed out that one of the methods for laundering illegal money was through trusts, so The charges against alias ‘Maracuyá’ and those allegedly involved will be money laundering, illicit enrichment and aggravated criminal conspiracy.
#Prosecutor’s Office achieves the legalization of the capture of Javier García Rojas, known by the alias Maracuyá, who is accused of being an invisible drug trafficker, his sister Ana Ruth García and four other people who would be part of a criminal organization that used trusts to launder money… pic.twitter.com/3Vbkrp122c
— Colombian Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaCol) July 27, 2024
According to the Cambio magazineDuring the arraignment, the prosecutor of the case said that the name of the “invisible drug trafficker” began to be investigated after the statements given to Justice and Peace by paramilitaries Juan Carlos Sierra, alias ‘Tuso Sierra’; Jesús Alfonso Berrío, alias ‘Poncho Berrío’; and Hernando Gómez Bustamante, alias ‘Rasguño’.
Luis Fernando Lían, for his part, allegedly joined the organization in 2009 and, through his company, allegedly laundered money for García. In addition, seven other companies are allegedly part of the criminal network, according to the aforementioned media outlet.
Former Metrocali president Luis Fernando Lían among those arrested in operation against Javier García Rojas, “alias maracuyá” for drug trafficking. The operations took place in Cali and Itagüí. The Prosecutor’s Office reported that, along with him, his sister, Ana Ruth García, and four other people were also arrested.
— Aldemar Dominguez Espinosa (@ADnoticias_) August 1, 2024
This is not the first time that the Prosecutor’s Office has investigated Lían. In 2021, he was accused of allegedly improperly signing a contract with Metrocali, the company that manages mass transportation in the city, due to a contract awarded in 2007 for the construction of the Calima neighborhood terminal with an Israeli company for a value of 22.75 billion pesos and according to him, “he did not have the necessary experience for such a project.”
The Attorney General’s Office charged Luis Fernando Lian Arana, former president of Metrocali, for allegedly improperly signing a contract with the Israeli company Hafira Ve Hatziva, for $22.75 billion, for the construction of the Terminal in the Calima neighborhood. pic.twitter.com/DGKz3oiLev
— The Country Cali 📰 (@elpaiscali) February 28, 2021
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