Colombian military again caught up in embezzlement scandal
Colombian military again caught up in embezzlement scandal
Posted by Rose Lander on Oct 19, 2015
Colombian army generals are suspected of embezzling millions of dollars from military budgets, El Tiempo newspaper reported Sunday, creating another military corruption scandal.
Colonel Cesar Henry Rodriguez Giraldo wrote a letter to Armed Forces commander General Alberto Mejia, naming officials, lawyers and contractors who had been involved in an alleged embezzlement of COP8 billion ($2.8 million).
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The Colombian army have been embroiled in embezzlement scandals before. In February 2014 General Javier Rey Navas resigned amid such a scandal.
In 2014 the embezzled funds were used to assure the continued silence of soldiers convicted in relation to the military’s “false positives” practice, in which soldiers were offered bonuses and paid vacation in exchange for murdering civilians and dressing their bodies up like rebel insurgents.
http://colombiareports.com/colombian-military-again-caught-up-in-embezzlement-scandal/
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