Among the data that has been found in the offices of the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) there is one that links the counterintelligence work of that entity, an intermediary company and compensation that was paid to a well-known former trusted official of Gustavo Petro’s government.
The Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO investigated and established that the company linked to the DNI is Mundial de Bienes Logística y Servicios SAS, which hired, on February 26, 2024, Programar Televisión SA, linked to Mery Janeth Gutiérrez. This is the same lawyer who was nominated as the Petro government’s ICT minister and whose appointment was stopped after EL TIEMPO revealed that she had a lawsuit against that portfolio. Later, she became president of Corferias and ended up as a key advisor to the Sociedad de Activos Especiales (SAE).
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The compensation
Mery Janeth Gutiérrez and former president Gustavo Petro. Photo:Private file
The Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO has in its possession the contract in which the DNI, Through the firm Mundial de Bienes Logística y Servicios SAS, it committed to paying 38 million 629 thousand pesos for the 2nd and 3rd floors of a building located on Park Way de la Soledad, in Bogotá.
The data is striking because it operated on the third floor of that building. the Senate campaign of the Historical Pact in 2022 and several candidates were there, including Gustavo Petro.
In total, what the DNI rented was more than 300 square meters per floor, with about 80 jobs and management offices. From there, several of the counterintelligence operations that are under scrutiny today were coordinated, including the one that links Carlos Andrés Oyola Tovar, the alleged DNI hacker.
Informed sources They point out that in addition to the lease, the firm linked to Mery Janeth Gutiérrez obtained compensation for 75 million pesos for alleged compensation.
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‘Everything is legal’
This is a certificate of early termination of the lease contract. Photo:EL TIEMPO Investigative Unit
The Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO contacted Mary Janeth Gutiérrez who began by stating that she has known Ricardo Rey Rosanía, then director of counterintelligence, for several years.
“He told me that he was looking for a space for counterintelligence on Park Way and I told him that I had an area available and the contract was made.“explained the former official.
Also He stated that it is an area independent of that occupied by Tercer Canal, also linked to Programar Television. And that the rental fee corresponds to market prices.
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The compensation
This is the building from where DNI counterintelligence operated. Photo:Private file
About the payment of compensation that appears in the DNI accounting in favor of Programar, explained that it is due to the early termination of the contract.
“When René Guarín arrived at the DNI, they left the offices literally abandoned. A process was initiated to make the clause effective and before that an agreement was reached that consisted of the payment of 75 million, to replace any value derived from the penalty clause agreed in the contract. everything is legal“explained Mery Janeth Gutiérrez.
Augusto Rodríguez, former director of the National Protection Unit (UNP) and Gustavo Petro. Photo:THE TIME.
The minutes of ‘early termination by mutual agreement due to breach of the lease contract was signed, on behalf of the company that acted as an intermediary for the DNI, by a woman identified as Nataly Deaza López.
“They agree to terminate early, by mutual agreement, the lease contract as of April 6, 2026, with express recognition by the lessee of non-compliance within the initially agreed term.“, reads the minutes.
And the immediate delivery of the two floors is ordered.
Mery Janeth Gutiérrez also pointed out that those offices were not used by President Petro during his mandate for the meetings that were discussed on private property.
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Link with Augusto Rodríguez?
The former SAE official also said that her company is the tenant of the building on Park Way, which is in the middle of a leasing operation with the BBVA bank, which it pays with the leases for the first floor premises and the offices: “It has type 3 structural wiring, its own power plant, 24 hours and other services.”
DNI sources They indicated that Augusto Rodríguez, head of the National Protection Unit (UNP), attended that building. But they explained that it was not going to the DNI and that the alleged sentimental link with Mery Janeth Gutiérrez attributed to him is not true either.
In any case, Both the payment of compensation and the contract to a Petrismo token are being reviewed.
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