The investigation initiated by Ortega Díaz sought to determine why Varela appointed the construction company Cresmo, belonging to the plaintiff Ricardo Morón, “by finger” to build a penitentiary center that was never built despite the fact that a payment of $45 million was made.
The former Attorney General of the Republic, Luisa Ortega Díaz, revealed that she is facing a judicial process in Colombia after being denounced by Ricardo Morón, a businessman investigated in Venezuela for his links with Chavista officials.
As reported by the former official for El Nacional, the local Prosecutor’s Office 127 of Bogotá will initiate an investigation against her, due to accusations of “slander” against Morón, owner of the construction company Cresmo, who would be related to the deputies of the National Assembly ( AN) managed by Chavismo Iris Varela and Nicolás Maduro Guerra.
“He denounced me in Colombia because I supposedly informed Venezuelans and the world that the owners of that company, Iris Varela and the son of Nicolás Maduro, were being investigated by the Venezuelan Public Ministry under my charge,” he said.
The investigation initiated by Ortega Díaz sought to determine why Varela designated this construction company “by finger” to build a prison. According to the former Venezuelan official, Cresmo received a payment of $45 million to carry out the work and the building was never built.
As the money was not returned despite the fact that the work was not carried out, the Public Ministry began an investigation in 2016, which could not be concluded since the former prosecutor fled the country in 2017, after breaking her ties with Chavismo by declaring that she was had produced a rupture of the constitutional order in the country, in the framework of the anti-government protests of that year.
The investigation did not conclude, not only because of time, but also because of obstacles that would have been placed by both the Judicial Power and the Executive Power, Ortega Díaz denounced.
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The judicial process is, at least, particular. Morón is not a Colombian citizen and does not even reside in the New Granada nation, but he claims that “his honor has been tarnished in Colombia,” which is why he decided to sue.
“What happens to the life, personal integrity, dignity, honor and reputation of two million Venezuelans who as a result of these acts of corruption are in extreme poverty and with great pain and suffering were forced to go to Colombia? ?”, The former prosecutor responds to Morón’s allegation.
Due to the situation, it alerts the international community about a possible mechanism used by Chavista officials to file lawsuits in other countries through third parties.
“I don’t know if the Colombian authorities are aware of this situation, but it is certainly something that should concern not only that country. The countries of the world must be very alert about the pretensions of those who claim to be in authority in Venezuela because they can send interposed persons to denounce any person. That can be a consistent practice », he exclaimed.
*To read the full interview, go to The National.
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