They seize Bernardo Moreno, a former Uribe Authorities official

Justice has taken a brand new flip within the controversial ‘Yiddish politics’ case. The seize of Bernardo Moreno, former director of the Administrative Division of the Presidency of the Republic (Dapre), in Calarcá, Quindío, marks a vital level on this corruption scandal that has shaken Colombian politics.

Moreno was arrested following the arrest warrant issued final week by the Supreme Court docket of Justice, in response to his five-year jail sentence for affect peddling.

Moreno, who throughout former President Álvaro Uribe’s first time period stood out as one in every of his closest males, is now in the course of a authorized storm. The sentence, upheld in early August by the Supreme Court docket’s Particular First Occasion Chamber, not solely imposes a jail sentence, but in addition orders him to pay a nice of greater than 140 million pesos and prohibits him from holding public workplace for nearly seven years. .

The ‘Yidipolitics’: a corruption scandal that outlined Colombia

The ‘Yidispolitica’ scandal is a darkish chapter in Colombia’s latest political historical past. In 2009, it was revealed that President Álvaro Uribe’s Authorities had provided advantages to congressmen to safe their vote in favor of constitutional reform that may permit Uribe’s re-election. The trigger took its identify from Yidis Medina Padilla, then a consultant within the Home, who obtained presents and favors in trade for her assist.