He Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Luis Carlos Reyeshe revealed that Roy Barrerastoday ambassador to London, he would have asked to name his chips in the NATIONAL TAX AND CUSTOMS DIRECTORS (DIAN) IN CALI AND BUENAVENTURAwhen he was president of the Congress of the Republic.
“Several people asked me for the Dian of Buenaventura. Yes, the then president of Congress asked me (…) and Cali”, Said Reyes, in an interview with ‘W Radio’.
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The portfolio chief spoke with the station about the visit of Juan Fernando Petro, brother of President Gustavo Petroand a Diego Marin’s intermediary, aka ‘Dad Pitufo’to the General Directorate of the DIAN, in Bogotá.
Luis Carlos Reyes, Minister of Commerce.
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According to ‘the Colonell report’, the objective of this view It was to request that they appoint a recommended recommendation as sectional director of the entity in the port of Buenaventura.
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According to Reyes, The event with barriers happened shortly after its appointment of the entitywhen the then president of Congress invited him to dinner.
Additionally, Reyes brought up what was said by barriers at that moment: “He told me: ‘Look, appreciated Luis Carlos, you are a very promising guy: you will be minister, you go to this and the other. You are like a star footballer, imagine how ugly it would be for Messi to break his legs’“

Roy Barreras.
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He assured that, after that comment, Barriers handed him the resumes for said sectional addresses: “It makes a lot of sense because the smuggling that enters through Buenaventura follows its transit to Cali and requires coordination between officials who are committed in both sections“
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*With W radio information
