The Technical Investigation Team (CTI) of the Colombia’s Attorney General Office captured Jorge Ignacio Valencia Velásquez, who is requested for the United States judicial authorities in order to answer for the alleged commission of the offense of money-laundering.
The arrest of Valencia Velasquez happened in the municipality of Girardota (Antioquia), after an investigative duty for more than six months. Last December 6, the warrant of arrest was issued by Colombia’s Attorney General.
Valencia Velasquez shall appear before the US District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York in accordance with indictment dated October 1st, 1998.
According to the diplomatic note issued by the U.S. Embassy in Colombia, Valencia Velásquez would have conducted financial transactions with monies earned from drug trafficking.
Likewise, Valencia Velásquez would be involved in transporting, transferring and attempting to transfer monies derived from cocaine trade; and, in addition, participating in monetary transactions of properties worth over ten thousand dollars earned from drug trafficking. In this case, it is considered that the illegal operations can reach 58 million dollars, approximately.