The Former Secretary for Social Integration in Bogotá, Mercedes del Carmen Ríos Hernández pled guilty before the 58th Municipal Criminal Judge with supervisory functions (control de garantías) to the charges of execution of contracts without compliance of the legal requirements in consistent sequence of serial crime.
During a public hearing. the former public servant freely and voluntarily pled guilty to the charges of conspiracy, bribery, forgery of a private document, procedural fraud, all of them committed in consistent sequence and severally.
- Contract Carousel: Carrusel de la contratación in Spanish. It is an ongoing investigation into corruption and irregularities concerning public construction in Bogota.