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The former mayor of Quibdó (Chocó) and former Minister of Culture, Zulia Mena García, who was captured yesterday by the Attorney General's office, must answer allegations of irregularities in the work of the XXth National Games of 2015.
According to the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor, the former mayor, who is also a recognized leader of the community and a former voter of 1991, accompanied by two officials and an individual, they would participate in the acquisition of properties for the realization of the National Games with an additional cost of 1,000%.
ATTENTION: for any irregularities in the XX National Games, # Office of the Prosecutor He actually ordered the judge and captured the former mayor of # Quibdó, two officials and one individual. They would have acquired properties with an additional cost of 1,000%. Hearings today at the capital of # Chocó
– Fiscalía Colombia (@FiscaliaCol) November 27, 2018
Mena García is a recognized leader of the Chocó communities. She has been deputy minister of culture and congressman and has received several awards for her work within the department.
She was also special commissioner for Chocó in the legal development of the transitional Article 55 of the Constitution, a group that paved the way for Law 70 of 1993, or the "law of negritude", which recognized the rights Afro communities occupying vacant lands. This rule has opened two seats to people of African descent in the House of Representatives.
Auditions to legalize the capture and allocation of fees will take place later this Tuesday.
In addition, the Office of the Prosecutor linked the investigation to the possible case of corruption. 16 councilors from Quibdó and a deputy from the Chocó Assembly have amended the law to modify land uses.
Although between 6 and 21 November 2015, the activities of the XX National Games were to take place in Tolima and Chocó, most of the games had to be held in different places because several sporting scenarios were not ready.
In the case of Tolima, the investigation of the National Games established that irregularities had been committed in three contracts: the phase of study and design of the Ibagué sports park, signed for a value 11 000 million pesos; the studies, drawings and construction of the 42nd Street Sports Unit with the fifth, for 37,299 million euros, as well as the drawings and work of the stadium Manuel Murillo, of a value of 811 million pesos.Five of the 16 accused were civil servants.
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