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Colombian prosecutors plan to press charges against national oil company president
Prosecutors allege Roa helped Petro's 2022 campaign exceed legal spending limits and influenced Ecopetrol contracts to favor associates linked to a discounted luxury apartment sale.
- On Monday, Colombia's Attorney General's Office said it will file corruption charges against Ecopetrol, and Roa, who has served as CEO since April 2023, will also be prosecuted for influence peddling.
- Roa managed campaign finances for President Gustavo Petro, and prosecutors say he helped it illegally exceed spending limits, leading to a fine from Colombia's National Electoral Council.
- Prosecutors allege Roa steered Ecopetrol contracts to a company owned by a business owner who sold him a discounted Bogota apartment, and a lawyer linked donations to paramilitary groups, all in 2023.
- Roa has denied the charges, and Petro describes the probes as an effort to undermine his government, raising electoral stakes later this year.
- The constitution bars presidents from seeking reelection, and Petro urges voters to support candidates backing his economic reforms and a constitutional rewrite.
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Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Will Charge Petro’s Campaign Leader for Electoral Crime and Corruption
DOBLE LLAVE – The Colombian Prosecutor’s Office will charge charges for violation of the electoral spending cap and influence trafficking against Ricardo Roa, who was the manager of the 2022 campaign of today’s President Gustavo Petro and currently presides over the state oil company Ecopetrol. “Today, two applications for imputation against Mr Ricardo Roa will be filed with the judiciary,” the prosecutor delegated against Organized Crime, Raúl …
Ricardo Roa will have to answer to the courts for two cases that the Attorney General’s Office of the Nation will charge him with. Image: Presidencia y Valora Analitik The Colombian authorities revealed the date of the first hearing of charges against Ricardo Roa, president of Ecopetrol. This will be on March 11, 2026. He will be charged with charges of allegedly trading in influence with the purchase of an apartment and an alleged violation of …
BOGOTÁ.— The Colombian prosecutor’s office will charge charges against Ricardo Roa, who was the manager of the 2022 campaign of President Gustavo Petro and currently presides over the state oil company Ecopetrol. According to prosecutor Raúl González Flechas, one of the charges is that during Roa’s management as campaign manager of the Historical Pact, the party that brought Petro to power, “the legally foreseen limits for this type of electoral…
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