Ecopetrol Hydrocarbons Vice President Rafael Guzmán, second in the oil line of the oil company after Ricardo Roa, denied alleged irregularities in his heritage, After the Financial Information and Analysis Unit (UNIAF) announced a financial analysis of some officials for hocol, filial from the oil company.
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Through a statement, known exclusively for the time investigative unit, Rafael Guzmán said that “Any corruption signal against me is false. In addition, I have no relationship or belong to me the vast majority of goods that attribute me”.
According to the knowledge of the case, the UNIAF analysis It seeks to determine the origin of some assets of oil officials.
“An apartment appears in Rosales, northern Bogotá, 298 square meters, negotiated in 2011; an office of 130 square meters, in race 9 with Street 115, acquired in 2014 and a lot of 760 square meters in Puerto Colombia (Atlántico), negotiating in 2009”said a person aware of El Tiempo.
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However, the oil executive said “All the heritage that I share with my wife comes exclusively from our professional and business activity for more than 30 years”.
He added that he will ask the Prosecutor’s Office for a rigorous investigation and that “I will provide the necessary fiscal and patrimonial information and I will be the first to promote it. The crossing of evidence with the alleged report of the UIAF will clarify the facts and restore our reputation”.
It should be noted that the Financial Information and Analysis Unit (UIAF) clarified that it does not research, “It makes financial analysis adjusted to the intelligence cycle (Law 1621 of 2013), within the framework of the prevention and detection of money laundering in all economic sectors. In that same sense, UNIAF does not have the legal power to advance inspections and/or audits”.
The excess of hocol also appears in records of a company in Miami and in the United Kingdom.
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