At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, the 14th Municipal Court issued a preventive detention measure against the mayor of Quibdó (Chocó) Isaías Chalá Ibargüen and three other people for undue interest in the execution of contracts, embezzlement, execution of a contract without compliance with legal requirements, aggravated ideological representation in a public document.
Facts took place on July 7, 2017, when the mayor of Quibdó, under the administration of Chalá Ibargüen (elected for 2016 – 2019) signed contract Nr.139 with Emir Borja Palacios whose purpose was the construction of the health unit named El Careño. It was a project for which the municipal mayor’s office had approximately $ 5 billion. It was revealed that in order to carry out the project, the Ministry of Health had to grant a guarantee and a positive concept, however this was not carried out and the contract was executed and the works began.