137 plots of a land, that was acquired in the nineties with money derived from the shipment of cocaine to international destinations, were seized. These assets, valued at 90,000 million COP were procted by trust assets to avoid being detected.

The financial analyses and selective searches for information, among other investigative activities, carried out by the Attorney General’s Office, detected137 plots located in the Santa Elena rural area, in Cerrito (Valle del Cauca), which would be part of the assets belonging to the deceased ring leader of the so-called Cartel de Cali, Hélmer Francisco Herrera Buitrago, known as ‘Pacho Herrera’, which up to now remained hidden and were in the name of third parties.

The assets were part of 1,000,000 square meters area, which were allegedly acquired in 1992, through a front company, with money derived from the shipment of cocaine to international destinations.

The property was divided into 137 plots of land, which were transferred to a commercial trust that allowed a politician accused of serving as a frontman and trusted man of the illegal organization ‘Clan Herrera’, to obtain 100% of the fiduciary rights and thus, to hide their illicit origin.

Considering the various maneuvers used to prevent the detection of the investment of resources derived from drug trafficking, a prosecutor appointed to the Directorate Specialized in Assets Forfeiture imposed precautionary measures on the lots such as suspension of power of disposal, distrain and attachment.

The properties, valued preliminary at 90,000 million COP, were placed at the disposal of the Special Assets Society (Sociedad de Activos Especiales SAE).

The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.

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.