Due to the “alleged concealment of information”, the Attorney General’s Office opened an inquiry against the commander of the Army, General Luis Mauricio Ospina, in relation to the alleged ELN plan to attack the attorney general, Francisco Barbosa, retired general Eduardo Zapateiro and senator María Fernanda Cabal.
Omission by the Army Commander
For the Public Ministry, the officer may have committed an “omission” regarding the alleged attacks, which could lead him to a breach of his “functional duties”, after the press published that Barbosa learned that the guerrilla group was preparing an alleged plan against him, through three sources, one of them military .
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“The disciplinary action initiated by the control body seeks to determine the occurrence of the conduct, establish whether it is constitutive of a disciplinary offense and define whether or not action was taken under a cause of exclusion responsibility,” the Attorney General’s Office stated.
Also cited by the Prosecutor
General Ospina was also summoned by the General Prosecutor’s Office to testify in the same case, on August 22.
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In this regard, the Army commander said the day before that he was ready to “answer” that call “within the framework of my duties” and in “compliance with the constitutional and legal mandate to give testimony«.
«For us, the defense, security and protection of life and property of all citizens are a priority“General Ospina warned in a video released by the Army.
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