CTI Officers of the Prosecutor’s Office and police officers of Santander arrested the former mayor of the municipality of Bolívar, Roque Julio Vargas Castañeda, who must serve a sentence of five years and three months in prison for the crime of contract without compliance with legal requirements.
The Prosecutor’s Office revealed a series of irregularities presented in a supply order dated January 16, 2006 for the delivery of materials and electrical installations, which did not comply with legal requirements and violated the planning principle.
Vargas Castañeda remained at large.
When we speak, results follow.
The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004.