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Colombia's lost 2018 election fraud investigations
by Adriaan Alsema February 21, 2020
Colombia’s prosecution found evidence of alleged election fraud by six congressmen in 2018. Four senators and one house representative are surprisingly still in Congress.
Former Senator-elect Aida Merlano (Radical Change) was sentenced to 15 years in prison in September last year. The status of all other election fraud cases is a mystery.
Merlano, the first and only congresswoman ever to be sent to prison escaped two weeks after she was sentenced. She’s the only one of the alleged vote-buyers in jail, but in Venezuela.
Senator Margarita Restrepo of the ruling Democratic Center party had one of the most creative vote-buying campaigns, although it did get her in trouble for both election fraud and swindle charges.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-lost-election-fraud-investigations-of-colombias-congress/
