An organization engaged in laundering money through meat processing plants in Cali had a hard blow by the Office of the Attorney General

–      Five people have been arrested and preventive detention orders have been issued due to money laundering and illicit gain offenses

–      42 properties have been linked to an Assets seizure process (extinción de dominio)* amounting to almost 60 thousand million pesos

Preventive detention orders with home confinement were issued for Isabel Cristina Gálvez Fernández; Ana Cristina Puerta Gálvez, Victoria Eugenia Gálvez Fernández, Clementina Fernández de Gálvez, and  José Antonio Fernández Díaz for money laundering offenses and illicit gain. They were allegedly handling funds of drug trafficker Gabriel Puerta Parra through front companies.

Detentions were carried out in Cali and the municipality of la Vega (Cundinamarca) after a judge of guarantee (juez de control de garantías) issued the respective warrants of arrest at the request of the prosecutor leading the case.

*“Loss of ownership of property derived from or used in criminal activity which has been seized by the government”.