The house by prison for the Secretary of Education of Medellín will be defined on Monday, February 20

After hearing the defense of Secretary of Education of Medellín, Alexandra Agudelo, the judge in charge of the case has decided to postpone the procedure again and it is only until Monday, February 20, 2023 that it will be known whether the official must pay or not Prison house.

The Education Secretary is singled out for alleged corruption. She with former technical director of Buen Comienzo, Lina María Gil; and Henry Gómez, former representative of the Colombia Avanza company, are accused of alleged irregularities in two contracts related to the PAE and the Buen Comienzo program.

The last hearing lasted three days, during which the arguments of the defense were finally heard, which insisted that Alexandra Agudelo is not responsible for any act of corruption.

It should be remembered that the Attorney General’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office asked the judge in charge of the case to order a house-by-jail measure for the Secretary of Education of Medellín and the other two indicated. The above, supported by the audio recordings of several intercepted calls in which Colombia Avanza workers talk about the alleged destruction of evidence.

For his part, the lawyer Santiago Trespalacios, assured that there were not enough elements to establish the security measure against the secretary.

According to the defender of Alexandra Agudelo, there are no irregularities in the contracts for which the official is singled out. Likewise, he assured that the audios presented by the prosecutor’s office are not related to the secretary.

“The evidence against Alexandra to justify the ends was conspicuous by its absence, because it is intended to enforce certain conversations in which she does not participate and has no relationship with her, it is intended to impose on her situations on which she has no no control,” he said. Trespalacios in one of his interventions.

The judge ultimately decided to postpone the hearing in order to carefully consider the evidence provided as part of the process.

“I also have to deal with the constitutional issues of the court and review these articles that the parties give transfer to be able to make the decision, ”said the togada.

It was defined that the public will resume on Monday, February 20 at 2:30 p.m.during this diligence it will finally be defined if the Secretary of Education of Medellín will return to prison.

The attorney general’s office said the three defendants allegedly made deals for Colombia Avanza to retain two contracts from Medellín’s Ministry of Education. For the above, requested the insurance measure for Agudelo and Lina María Gil.

“These are lines that suggest that indeed there has been a softening that leads to the location of the types of criminals who have been charged,” said Beatriz Mejía, delegated lawyer for the Public Ministry, in recent days.

With regard to Henry Paulison Gómez, legal representative of Colombia Avanza, the prosecution requested a non-custodial measure, since the evidence against him would not be sufficient and if he were found guilty, this He would not have the same seriousness if he did not present himself as a civil servant.

“Yes, there are items pending collection and there is a level of prognosis that apparently from Colombia Avanza they would have this documentation and there is a risk that this information will not reach its destination so that the office of the prosecutor can perform this analysis,” Mejia said.

It should be recalled that some of the audio recordings recently presented by the prosecutor’s office are apparently calls between members of the Colombia Avanza company. One of them was identified as Carlos Mario Henao and the other as Astrid.