Andrés Felipe Arias has not left his place in custody – Crime – Justice

The Inpec confirmed that former Agriculture Minister Andrés Felipe Arias has not left the detention site in northern Bogotá where he is serving a 17-year prison sentence for Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS) case.

Official spokesmen pointed out that the former minister remains in custody at a military unit in the city and has not yet begun to enjoy the benefit given by a judge for sentencing in Bogotá to go to work or study for periods of up to 72 hours.

The statement was given in response to false information circulated on social networks and also rejected by the wife of former Minister Catalina Serrano who also said that this kind of defamation endangers the safety of her family.

EL TIEMPO published a note on his website entitled Andrés Felipe Arias left on holiday and did not return? Inpec responds. This newspaper dispels any doubts that may have arisen from that title and reiterates, with the confirmation of the officers responsible for the custody of the prisoners, that the former minister has clearly not took to the streets and continued to serve his sentence. enforced by the Supreme Court of Justice.

This administrative benefit is given to people who are sentenced in the country and who meet certain requirements such as good conduct.or, that there is no risk of flight and that a third of the sentence imposed has been served.

(In context: Judge grants work permit to Andrés Felipe Arias.)

In Arias’ case, he was sentenced to 17 years and four months in prison and has already served, between the time he was detained in Colombia and the United States, over five and a half years of detention, which he already had a legal right to that kind. of benefits.

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