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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 07 July 2017

COLOMBIA: Corruption case embarrasses government

It has happened before in other countries, but it is still deeply embarrassing: a senior Colombian anti-corruption official has been arrested – on charges of corruption. Colombia’s attorney general’s office (FGN) announced on 27 June that Luis Gustavo Moreno, the director of its anti-corruption unit, has been arrested and imprisoned in La Picota jail in Bogotá, together with his lawyer, Leonardo Luis Pinilla. The arrests were ordered as a result of a joint operation carried out by the FGN’s investigations team (Cuerpo Técnico de Investigación [CTI]) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

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