After several days of scandal for carrying out a vallenato party by Nelson Velásquez in the Itagüí prisonmore details of the payments that would have been given to Inpec officials for the entry of people to the party.
He Councilor Andrés Tobón revealed key documents that are now under the scrutiny of the authorities and they put on the table a control and monitoring debate in the penitentiary centers of the country.
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The vallenato singer would have received a payment of 100 million pesos. Photo:Councilor Claudia Carrasquilla
How much did they pay Inpec officials during Vallenata party?
On April 10, the Minister of Justice, Jorge Iván Cuervo Restrepogave his statements about the celebration in the Itagüí prison and explained that every Wednesday there is a special regime to authorize the entry of three visitors per person.
Furthermore, in the complaint that was presented by the councilor of Medellín, Claudia Carrasquillait was also revealed that they were around 500 million pesos those who invested in the vallenato party. Of that sum of money, 100 were used to pay for the presentation of the singer Nelson Velásquez and another part would also have been intended for Inpec officials.
Although, until now, it had only been mentioned that the 400 million remaining were distributed in food, alcoholic beverages and also in the payment of another popular music artist, now the alleged sum of money what is assigned to the guards of that day.
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According to the last video published by councilor Andrés Tobón“Every minute that passes they continue receiving information about what was happening” in the penitentiary center.
“We receive copies and documents about the minutes that the Inpec staff was filling the day vallenato party“, held.
In the middle of his statements he pointed out that allegedly “they did not register no vehicle, no element in terms of logistics, “They did not register the entry of the musicians”but when talking about the number of people who entered they mention “138 visitorsamong them 41 men and up to eight minors“.
In that same context, other key elements in research of the case and that “apparently there would be charging a million pesos by the guard staff and on the part of a connection with Douglas so that there will be no type of record or verification” from said vallenato party in the penitentiary center.
It should be noted that, when all the videos of the party, Douglas, one of the leaders mentioned from the prison referred to the accusations against him and clarified “that he didn’t see what was happening and that day I was in another yard“. Version that still has follow up on the case.
Andrés Tobón Villada, councilor of the Creos party. Photo:Medellín Council.
In the end, the councilor reiterated that “what was happening in that penitentiary center is absolutely seriousthat It is not resolved simply by sanctioning to the dragoneers (…) It is not resolved with communications either“.
“Here you have to there is justiceyou have to there are results and of course they have to respond“, he expressed Andrés Tobon.
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Items seized after Nelson Velásquez’s Vallenato party. Photo:Inpec
Nelson Velásquez broke the silence after controversy
He vallenato singer issued a statement in which he stated that he thought that his participation in the party of patio 1 of the La Paz de Itagüí prisonin Antioquia, “it was a authorized cultural event“.
While the case continues to generate new lines of researchthe artist assured that he only “obeyed exclusively the fulfillment of a artistic commitment previously acquired and managed“for his work team.
Nelson Velásquez was able to finish the concert after the altercation. Photo:Social networks
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Velasquez emphasized in what trusted the legality of the conditions of the activity and that it was simply limited to run the presentation. In that sense, he stressed that did not participate in the planning of the event or in no logistical aspect of the same.
“I acted at all times in good faith, trusting in legality and legitimacy of the conditions under which said activity would be carried out. I had no prior knowledge nor any participation in events other than my professional practice as an artist“, wrote.
Luisa Fernanda Gutiérrez Henao
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