In the Cómbita prison in Boyacá, in the middle of an operation by the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC), a pair of glasses that apparently would have an integrated camera and that Carlos Mattos's lawyer intended to enter the prison.
The controversial businessman in the Hyundai case, captured and prosecuted, was recently transferred from La Picota prison in Bogotá to the maximum security prison in Boyacá.
According to INPEC, such elements are prohibited in places of detention, they were in the possession of the defender of Mattos.
The institute investigates the element and the reason for entering the prison.
On the morning of March 16, it became known that the Attorney General's Office withdrew the two pre-agreements it had signed with businessman Carlos Mattos. One of the appeals was overthrown by a judge of the Republic, that is, the prosecution will not file it again. The other pre-agreement was withdrawn by the Prosecutor's Office. According to W Radio, the prosecutor assured that an agreement with Mattos will not be re-signed and that there will be no principle of opportunity. These conclusions lead to the understanding that the entrepreneur should go to trial.
The judge in charge of reviewing the pre-agreement between Carlos Mattos and the Prosecutor's Office concluded that the penalty against the businessman was not well evaluated. Although the document indicated that he would have to serve 56 months in prison, the specialist emphasizes that he must be older. Mattos is accused of having bribed judges of the Republic to be favored in representing the Hyundai brand in the country.
In January 2018, it was when the Attorney General's Office announced an investigation into alleged manipulation of the process sharing system. The prosecutor found that Mattos and his lawyer had agreed to pay Judge Reinaldo Huertas for approximately $2 billion pesos (more than $580,000 dollars) to rule in their favor.
It was last Friday that the first obstacle was presented. After Judge 30 of Bogotá did not admit the pre-agreement signed between the Attorney General's Office and businessman Carlos Mattos Barrero. He considered that four and a half years of imprisonment was not enough, since aggravating circumstances were not being taken into account. In addition, it considered that important aspects were not taken into account to ensure the effective reparation of victims, which in this case are the Judicial Branch and the Attorney-General's Office.
This pre-agreement indicated that Mattos, with the aim of reparating the victims for the damages caused, undertook to deliver the sum of 1,000,000 dollars, of which 500,000 will be sent to the Executive Directorate of Judicial Administration and the remainder to the Office of the Prosecutor.
After what happened that Friday, Omar Juan Carlos Suárez, the new lawyer hired to defend businessman Carlos Mattos, requested a meeting with the prosecutor who is handling the corruption case. Mattos, through his new advocate, assured the Prosecutor's Office that he reaffirmed his commitment to collaborate with justice.
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