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Colonel Carlos Feria with former president Gustavo Petro. Photo: Social networks and private archive
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Colonel Carlos Alberto Feria Buitrago, former security chief of then-president Gustavo Petro, mentioned in the polygraph scandal Marelbys Meza, was notified 24 hours ago of his retirement from the National Police. This was confirmed to the EL TIEMPO Investigative Unit by sources close to the officer.
Fair He had been returned in July 2025 from the Colombian embassy in Washington, where he arrived as an attaché.
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Carlos Alberto Feria Buitrago Photo:@Jhonffonseca /X
The colonel already He was charged with the crimes of embezzlement by use, abuse of public office and illegal restraint by the polygraph of the former nanny of Laura Sarabia’s son.
In the case of the former nanny’s polygraph, A possible jurisdictional conflict is being defined to establish whether the Feria process continues in ordinary justice or in military criminal justice.
Feria had been appointed last August as director of the National Police Protection School. This is a unit in charge of training personnel who provide protection services to people, facilities and special missions of that institution.
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Marelbys Meza, former nanny of Laura Sarabia. Photo:Courtesy
Feria’s retirement from active Police service comes weeks after Laura Sarabia was charged with the crimes of abuse of public office and illegal constraint aggravated by the polygraph of her former employee. And now, mentioned in Angie Rodríguez’s statements about an alleged closeness with the first lady Verónica Alcocer.
For the Prosecutor’s Office, Feria would have had a key role in those events. According to the accusing body, he ordered his subordinates to locate the money reported as lost, and arranged official resources for the transfer of the babysitter. and coordinated the polygraph practice.
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