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Colombia's prosecution loses key evidence in investigation into Odebrecht deaths
by Adriaan Alsema November 27, 2018
Colombia’s prosecution came under fire on Tuesday after losing key evidence in the investigation into the deaths of a prime witness in the Odebrecht bribery scandal and his son.
A judge threw out the evidence, a jar of cyanide, that the prosecution claimed to have found in a bathroom in the home of Jorge Enrique Pizano and possibly killed the key witness’ son, who died of cyanide poisoning three days after his father passed away.
The tweet in which the prosecution announced the find was deleted from the institution’s Twitter account.
The inspector general’s criticism comes just before Prosecutor General Nestor Humberto Martinez, who is implicated in the corruption scandal, is expected to appear before Congress to be heard about the investigation, or alleged lack thereof.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-prosecution-loses-key-evidence-in-investigation-into-odebrecht-deaths/