Colombian authorities confirmed to EL TIEMPO that the elected congresswoman piety cordoba it’s found detained at the Comayagua airport, that serves the city of Tegucigalpa, in Honduras.
According to the first report, Córdoba did not declare that He was carrying $62,770 in cash.
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As confirmed, the senator elected by the Historical Pact was subjected to X-ray control and that’s when they found the dollars. Cordoba was ready to take a flight to Panama City with final destination Bogotá.
Córdoba had entered Honduras on Saturday, May 21.
The case remains at the disposal of the Honduran Prosecutor’s Office for the undeclared amount.
It is mandatory at each migratory step – regardless of the country – ddeclare foreign currencies, in the case of Colombia after 10,000 dollars.
EL TIEMPO consulted on what Córdoba could legally face in Honduras and ranges from administrative management (declaring and paying the tax for said currencies and the payment of a fine) to his arrest.
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The episode in Honduras adds to a series of questions that have arisen against the elected senator in recent months.
Between these, the supposed financing of persons deprived of liberty to his election campaign for the Congress of the Republic, something that she flatly denied and that she described the fact as “an entrapment“.
After these events, the presidential candidate Gustavo Petro asked Córdoba to withdraw from his campaign.
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“I ask Piedad Córdoba to suspend all her activities within the campaign, until she can resolve, hopefully, favorably, the legal charges against herPetro said at the time.
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