618 questioned in mass Colombia election fraud probe
The Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday announced they will question 618 individuals over possible election fraud ahead of Colombia’s local and state elections this October.
The Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday announced they will question 618 individuals over possible election fraud ahead of Colombia’s local and state elections this October.
Colombia’s political parties continue to support alleged and even convicted criminal politicians, according to a conflict-monitoring NGO.
Almost 70 municipalities in Colombia curiously have more registered voters than inhabitants, electoral observers warned four months ahead of local elections.
Electoral observers in Colombia have warned that ID registration rates have doubled in nearly one out of 100 municipalities, indicating local politicians could be illegally mobilizing voters for October’s local and province elections.
Green Party candidate Enrique Peñalosa has taken the lead in the election race for the second most important office in Colombia, that of Bogota mayor.
Just under a dozen of Colombia’s top politicians will be seeking to take the second most important office in the country, that of Bogota Mayor, later this year.
Colombia has begun to clamp down on electoral crime after identifying high levels of fraud with seven months still to go until local and state elections.
The Colombian government has announced a crack down on criminals and illegal armed groups who allegedly seek to illegally finance political campaigns ahead of local elections held in October.
Allies of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his political rival, former President Alvaro Uribe, are too divided to jointly present a mayoral candidate for the capital Bogota where the leftist…