Global InformationAlejandro Lyons information
Alejandro Lyons | |
|---|---|
| 44th Governor of Córdoba | |
| In office January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Marta Sáenz |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Besaile |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alejandro José Lyons Muskus April 25, 1981 Sahagún, Córdoba, Colombia |
| Political party | Party of the U |
| Alma mater | Externado University of Colombia (BoL) |
Alejandro José Lyons Muskus (born April 25, 1981) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, former governor of the department of Córdoba,[1] currently involved in multiple acts of corruption in Colombia.
Lyons worked with Bernardo "Ñoño" Elías Vidal and Musa Besaile, and assigned royalty contracts for COP$65 billion pesos with the Fund for Innovation, Science and Technology that were never executed, but the money ended up with figureheads of Lyons, Elías and Besaile[2] This, added to other summary contracts, embezzles the department of Córdoba for COP$500 billion pesos, contracts for which they would have charged contractors commissions of 30 percent.[3] The network of contractors includes as beneficiaries relatives of Lyons, Elías and Besaile, as well as allied political groups and friends in Córdoba.[4]
Lyons has accumulated more than 20 processes for corruption in Colombia that accumulate an embezzlement of COP $107 billion pesos,[5] and in 2017 he went to the United States with his family, where he began to collaborate with the authorities of that country as an "informant", and helped uncover the network of corruption in Colombian justice known as the cartel de la toga. On December 5, 2018, the Attorney General's Office dismissed and disqualified Lyons from holding public office for 15 years.[6]
His friend, accomplice and partner Sami Spath, in charge of diverting and distributing the money resulting from corruption, was captured in Italy, on May 12, 2018, by means of a red notice from Interpol.[7]
- ^ "Alejandro Lyons Muskus" (in Spanish). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Akerman, Yohir (9 September 2017). "Luna de miel" (in Spanish). El Espectador. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Alejandro Lyons, el monstruo que crearon los Ñoños" (in Spanish). Las 2 Orillas. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "El rastro de fichas del 'Ñoño' y Lyons en contratos de Córdoba" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Serrano M., Nidia (6 June 2019). "Exgobernador Lyons tiene 20 investigaciones por $107 mil millones" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Rodríguez, Johana (5 December 2018). "Alejandro Lyons fue destituido e inhabilitado por 15 años" (in Spanish). La FM. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Capturado en Italia Sami Spath. Tenía circular roja en su contra" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2020.