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The former mayor of Bogota, samuel moreno rojas, died around 7:00 p.m. on February 10, 2023; This was confirmed by the military hospital after spending two days in the coronary intensive care unit. The health center reported that Moreno died of a heart attack acute myocardium, for which all his organs were compromised to the point of ending his life at the age of 62.
Samuel Moreno is dead: this is how they react on social networks
Former Bogotá mayor died aged 62 after suffering a heart attack while paying his sentence following the Carousel recruitment scandal
The death occurred while he was serving three sentences for corruption in the so-called Carousel of recruitment. The former Senator of the Republic for the Democratic Pole, will be cremated on Monday, February 13, and his remains will be handed over to his family, who will say goodbye tuesday the 14th of the same month.
Samuel Moreno He was sentenced, after reducing his sentence, to 11 years and 10 months in prison for the aforementioned corruption scandal. As determined by the Supreme Court of Justice, Moreno was found guilty of the crimes of own corruption, improper interest in the performance of contracts and misappropriation of funds by appropriation in the contracts of the road network and of phase III of TransMilenio in Bogotá.
This is Cristina González, the widow of Samuel Moreno
The former mayor of Bogotá, who died aged 62 from a heart attack while serving his sentence following the Carousel recruitment scandal, is survived by his wife, sons Mateo and samuel
In addition to the Supreme Court ruling, the Superior Court of Bogota confirmed that the former mayor of the city had committed crimes against the public administration, taking advantage of the city’s resources to illegally profit from them. For this act, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Although he did not serve his sentence, the announcement of his death provoked all sorts of reactions, in particular from politicians somewhat close to the party he represented and his political current.
Relatives of Samuel Moreno arrived in Forensic Medicine to claim his body
After the “refractory shock” suffered by the former mayor, his family wants to exclude that his death was caused
One of these demonstrations was on behalf of Clara Lopezwho was also a candidate for the Colombian capital for Polo, “Samuel Moreno has just passed away. His mother, wife and children managed to be present. I reiterate my solidarity with the family and my deep sadness for his death” , he wrote on his Twitter account.
Another of the reactions was from the former senator gustavo bolivarwho insisted that former mayor Moreno is one of the few cases in Colombia where the law has been correctly applied in terms of acts of corruption.
“At the die Samuel MorenoIt’s the most wasted life I’ve ever known. He had all the privileges. Nothing was missing. He was even presidential. Ambition led him to discredit, to prison and to the grave. One of the few corrupt people to have served a sentence in Colombia. Let him serve as an example and ridicule to new generations. RIP,” he wrote in his post.
Former leader of the Conservative Party, Omar Yepes sent a farewell message to the former mayor and took the opportunity to send his condolences to the family, “we regret the passing of the former congressman and former mayor of Bogotá samuel moreno rojas and we send our heartfelt condolences to his family and close friends,” he wrote.
The Supreme Court determined that with the businessmen of Grupo Nule, the lawyer Alvaro Davilathe district controller at the time, Miguel Morales Russia, and IDU employees, awarding contracts for the city’s road network, orchestrated the economic plunder. Besides, the Attorney General of the Nation noted that in these contracts, there were cost overruns for 191,000 million of pesos.
the grandson of Gustavo Rojas PinillaHe will be accompanied to his funeral by his wife. Cristina Gonzalez and their two children, Mateo there Samuel Moreno González.