At around 11 p.m. this Wednesday, Carlos Mattos, a businessman prosecuted for bribing judicial officials, arrived at the prison in Cómbita (Boyacá) and was once again in the eye of the hurricane after it was learned that, using Inpec cars, He left the La Picota prison several times, where he was being held, and went to his office in the north of Bogotá.
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The scandal was revealed by the investigative unit of Snail News that for several days he followed the businessman’s movements from jail to his office, where he met with different people.
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This was the arrival of Carlos Mattos at the maximum security prison of Cómbita, in Boyacá.
He was transferred from La Picota prison after the scandal over his outings in Bogotá.
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These irregularities cost the position of the director of Inpec, the director of La Picota prison, and led to the opening of investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice.
Likewise, this episode once again called into question the functioning of Inpec, which in its 30 years of existence has already had 22 directors, and many of them have come out in the midst of controversies such as that of Mattos.
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As one of the first measures to prevent further irregularities, the Ministry of Justice ordered the transfer of Mattos to the Cómbita prison, which is one of the only two maximum security prisons in Colombia.
In Cómbita, where entry is restricted, all the cells are of the American type, according to Inpec sources, who detailed that this means that they are small cells with a robust structure.
The entire cell is made of cement, there is little lighting, and it measures approximately 2 meters by 3 meters, they added.
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Inside the cell there is only one concrete bunk, a small space to put the inmates’ clothes and supplies, and the bathroom, which is made of aluminum, is inside the cell.
When this prison was built, its capacity was estimated at 1,600 prisoners for the seven pavilions that each have 102 cells.
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This prison began operating in 2002, and over the years criminal figures such as alias Popeye, ex-hitman of Pablo Escobar, and several of the main leaders of the so-called ‘Office’, such as alias Don Berna, have passed through there.
David Murcia Guzmán, creator of the DMG pyramid; Gilberto and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, former heads of the Cali Cartel extradited to the United States, among others.