Colombia: Head of military intelligence is investigated for alleged sexual abuse of a subordinate

The intelligence chief of the Army of Colombia He is being investigated for the alleged sexual abuse of a subordinate, who assured that his complaint was shelved for a time to favor the promotion of the general today.

This Thursday the Attorney General’s Office, the body in charge of sanctioning public officials, reported in a statement that it took on the officer’s case. Mario González Lamprea by “Alleged abusive sexual conduct against a retired lieutenant”.

The abuse would have been committed in November 2017. The then colonel González was denounced by the also official Jamie Muñoz, who told the prosecution that her superior abusively touched her in his office after a ceremony at a military headquarters.

“He abruptly stood me up and tried to look under my dress (…) then he unzipped my back and began to fondle and forcibly kiss me”, the woman said in an interview with W Radio.

According to your version, the prosecution shelved the process before Congress approved González’s promotion to general in 2019.

“The case was never moved, the case was always quiet and for this year (2021), in the month of August, I found out that the case had been archived”, Indian.

Added that a prosecutor tried to dissuade her from proceeding with her complaint, due to the “great power” that her alleged aggressor and his circle had.

GonzálezAccording to La W, he denied the accusations and attributed them to “a montage” of the woman for denying her a transfer. Neither the army nor the general have commented on the scandal through other means.

For its part, the prosecution confirmed to AFP that it closed the investigation of the complaint, although it did not specify the reasons, but that it decided to reopen it last year.

The general González He has been the army’s intelligence chief since January 2020, a position to which he was assigned after a scandal over alleged illegal wiretapping by that unit of politicians, judges and journalists.

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