Colombia: former presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández is convicted of corruption

Former Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez was convicted this Thursday of the crime of undue interest in the execution of contracts in a contract award case when he was president of the Chamber of Bucaramanga (Northeast) and revealed during the hearing in which he was found guilty that he suffers from terminal cancer.

“Mr. Rodolfo Hernández Suárez will be sentenced In this case, in accordance with the request presented by the public ministry as author. In other words, there will be legal variation on participation in the crime of undue interest in the execution of contracts.“said the judge Tenth Criminal Circuit with Knowledge functionswaiting to know what the sentence will consist of.

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The case for which Hernández was convicted is for corruption in the signing of a contract for the implementation of new solid waste treatment technologies when he was mayor of the city of Bucaramanga between 2016 and 2019.

This is because it had an undue interest in the assignment of the contract for the use and final disposal of solid waste to the temporary union. Vitalogic MSW.

The objective was for his son to obtain economic benefits from this contract, which is why Hernández contacted the representatives of the company that would implement the new technology in Bucaramanga and gave them privileged information so that they would have an advantage in the bidding.

Hernández, tycoon and civil engineer, burst into national politics when he ran as a candidate for President of the Colombia in the 2022 elections for the movement League of Anti-Corruption Rulers with populist proposals.

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This earned him a place in the second round, where he lost with Gustavo Pedrocurrent president of Colombia and whose term will end on August 7, 2026.

Thanks to this result Rodolfo Hernandez won a place in Senate but he resigned two months later to concentrate on work.”all over the country” of his departure.

Source: Elcomercio

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