As a result of an investigation conducted by the Directorate of the Prosecutor Offices specialized in Antinarcotics and Money Laundering, Enilce López, her sons José Julio and Jorge Luis and 11 people will be prosecuted for the offenses of money laundering, conspiracy and embezzlement of money from Salvatore Mancuso.
Based on the evidence gathered at this investigation, the National Directorate specialized in Transitional Justice will evaluate the possibility of requesting the exclusion of Salvatore Mancuso from the Justice and Peace Process since these findings were not declared by the demobilized leader of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia AUC during his hearings.
The Directorate for the Seizure of Assets ordered a restraining measure against 391 assets, 124 vehicles, 121 commercial establishments and 7 companies, among them some lottery companies which belonged to Enilce López organization.
According to a research which led to the recent court decisions, between years 2000 and 2010, it was carried out an operative to launder money through the companies UNIAPUESTAS S.A., APOSMAR S.A. , APOSUCRE , UNICAT S.A., SEGURIDAD 911. There were detected several irregularities such as double accounts or parallel records apparently to cover funds of illegal origin that would be from Salvatore Mancuso, who was extradited to the United States.
Besides Enilce Lopez and her two children, there were also arrested José Julio Alfonso López, his brother Arquímides Segundo García Romero; the organization human resources manager , Carmelo Erazo Tous; the accountant of Aposmar S.A., Omar de la Cruz Perdomo Fonseca; the legal representative of UNIAPUESTAS S.A, Lizandro López Pastrana; the treasurer Félix Manuel Díaz Bobadilla; the accountant Marisol Moreno Cárdenas, the employee, Raúl Antonio Montes Flórez; the legal representative of UNICAT S.A., Omar Alberto Patiño Rondón and the former wife of Salvatore Mancuso, Martha Elena Dereix Martínez.
The process of seizure of assets belonging to Enilce López and his relatives which have an approximate value of $500 million of dollars and that are located in Cartagena , Corozal , Barranquilla , Santa Marta , Medellin and Magangué, will be in charge of 31 specialized prosecutors.