00:00On the morning of July 27, the Attorney General's Office opened an investigation
00:04with which she seeks to verify the possible irregularities in which the former candidate would be involved
00:09Deputy Minister of Youth, Julián Andrea Guerrero, and his sister, Verónica Guerrero.
00:13According to the investigating body, the start of judicial police work was ordered.
00:18and the case will be transferred to the Specialized Directorate against Corruption.
00:22The complaint, published by Revista Semana on July 26, points to the sisters
00:26Guerrero allegedly arranged public contracts for businessmen in exchange
00:31of million-dollar payments. According to that investigation, Juliana Guerrero allegedly held meetings
00:36with high-ranking officials to promote these processes while allegedly receiving close to 200
00:41millions of pesos and, in addition, a payment equivalent to 10% of the value of each awarded project.
00:47Verónica Guerrero, for her part, would be in charge of liaising with the contractors.
00:52Former candidate Juliana Guerrero commented on the events through a statement.
00:56in which he rejected the accusations against him. In the document, he asserted that there were no allegations.
01:00He made no statements out of respect for the legal proceedings against him, but affirmed
01:05that this silence cannot continue to be interpreted as an acceptance of the unjust accusations
01:09and repeated accusations that have been made against me. He also maintained that he has never met with
01:14contractors, intermediaries or businesspeople to manage contracts or intervene in decisions
01:19administrative.
01:20The former candidate is also awaiting a hearing scheduled for the 5th.
01:24August for another process in which she has been involved, the case of the alleged titles
01:29fake documents from the San José Foundation. According to the Prosecutor's Office, on July 22, Guerrero
01:33and the former secretary of that foundation will be charged with the crimes of procedural fraud
01:38and ideological falsehood in a public document.
01:40This case occurred when Juliana Guerrero was nominated to occupy the vice-ministerial position of
01:44Youth within the Ministry of Equality. As part of the process, Guerrero submitted her resume
01:49of a life that included university degrees. The alerts arose due to inconsistencies in the studies
01:54that Guerrero claimed to have carried out. According to the Prosecutor's Office, the former official presented two
01:58university diplomas that were later questioned. These diplomas were apparently issued
02:03irregularly by the San José University Foundation, an institution that later also
02:08It came under scrutiny.
