A Colombian news organization revealed audios that link Colombian Attorney General, the Uribista Nestor Humberto Martinez, with Odebrecht's corruption scandal.
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Jorge Enrique Pizano, an engineer who died last week due to cancer, delivered the audio recording. He was a key witness in the corruption investigation regarding the Brazilian construction company.
"Both Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo and the current Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez were aware of irregularities that were present in the Ruta del Sol II project," the audio exposed.
Martinez was allegedly aware of irregularities before his appointment by recently-elected President Ivan Duque. He was working as a lawyer for the financial solutions firm Corficolombiana, Odebrecht's national partner in Colombia.
The recording delivered by Pizano is supposed to prove accusations against Martinez and also reveal a series of irregularities in the company’s infrastructure projects in Colombia since 2015.
Pizano came across these irregularities while working as an auditor for Corficolombiana, specifically during the audit of the Ruta del Sol II construction project.
Senator Ivan Cepeda of the Polo Democratico party wrote on Twitter, “the revelations that were released @NoticiasUno on the information provided by Jorge Enrique Pizano to the now Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez, are not only scandalous but macabre.”
Las revelaciones que dio a conocer @NoticiasUno sobre la información que suministró Jorge Enrique Pizano al hoy fiscal Nestor Humberto Martínez, no son solo solo escandalosas sino macabras.
— Iván Cepeda Castro (@IvanCepedaCast) November 13, 2018
He also said that new investigations should be launched because Martinez failed to inform authorities about known corruption cases or to begin investigations himself. Martinez "has a lot to explain to Colombia," Cepeda said.
Senator Angelica Lozano, of the Green Alliance, called on Martinez to resign from his post.