Rafael Curruchiche, head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Impunity (FECI), in a video broadcast by the Public Ministry (MP) on Tuesday, June 3, gave some details of the Case fraudulent agreements, corruption and impunity (phase of the Odebrecht case).
According to the prosecutor, in this phase, former officials of the extinct International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the MP of the previous administration are involved.
Among those indicated, he mentioned Iván Velásquez Gómez, former head of the CICIG, and the attorney general of Colombia, Luz Adriana Camargo Garzón, against whom there is arrest warrant for alleged crimes in the Odebrecht case.
These former officials of the CICIG and the previous Public Ministry, ”said the prosecutor -” sold, archived and eliminated files linked to key characters from the Odebrecht network, not due to lack of evidence, but as part of dark, corrupt and illegal negotiations in which they demanded money or favors in exchange for impunity. “
According to Curruchiche, when the former officials of both institutions did not receive what they asked for, “they themselves manufactured criminal cases, often of political content, to imprison, discredit or disable those who did not undergo their demands”
“First they extorted and then prosecuted the cases for the purposes of selective persecution,” said the official.
He pointed out complicity between Velásquez, former General Thelma Aldana and former Feci, Juan Francisco Sandoval Alfaro, among others.
He affirmed that, according to the investigation, there was a systematic elimination of files in high -impact cases, including the Odebrecht case.
He indicated that on December 18, 2018, Ricardo Méndez Ruiz denounced alleged illicit negotiations with the construction company Norberto Odebrecht in Brazil.
Curruchiche pointed out that the Cicig extracted in its functions by negotiating effective collaborator processes in the Odebrecht case, when it was not within its competition. The agreements were negotiated with four people.
He also read a series of mails in which Camargo and Velásquez, along with other former officials, would have gathered at the Cicig headquarters to negotiate the agreements.
He mentioned the agreement between Guatemala and the United Nations Organization, specifically in article 10, which refers to privileges and immunities.
According to Curruchiche, Velásquez enjoyed immunity “as long as he adapted his actions to the mandate that had been granted at the time.”
He recalled that a bilateral cooperation agreement was signed between the MP and the CICIG, which established the limits of both.