The Colombian senator-elect Piedad Córdoba was released this Thursday in Honduras following being detained on Wednesday at an airport in the country following she tried to travel to Panama with almost 68,000 dollars in her suitcase without declaring, an official source reported.
“After the investigations and the documentation presented to the Public Ministry, (Córdoba) is no longer in administrative detention” in Honduras, the National Migration Institute (INM) said in a statement.
The 67-year-old Colombian senator “does not have any mobility restrictions. So she is totally free to stay or leave the country as she decides, “she added.
Honduras freed Piedad Córdoba
Córdoba was provisionally detained on Wednesday at the Palmerola International Airport when she intended to board a flight to Panama.
The case was heard by the Honduran Public Ministry, an agency that had 48 hours to investigate the origin of the money, according to that institution.
Honduran law allows up to $10,000 as the maximum amount of money a person can carry. Although as long as you check its origin.
the deputy minister Honduran of Security, Julissa Villanueva, today evaluated “the medical condition and (the) place” where Córdoba remained in police custody.
Respect for human rights
“Evaluate the medical condition and place where former senator Piedad Córdoba is. Who remains in custody by the Honduran Police, in accordance with legal procedures. Respect for human rights is unrestricted for everyone in Honduras. This according to a message from Villanueva on Twitter, which accompanies a photograph of Colombian politics.
According to the Honduran government, the senator arrived in the country last Sunday to “participate in activities of various women’s and human rights organizations. As she was spread with photographs and videos in the media and social networks«.
In a statement, the Executive headquarters in Tegucigalpa indicated that Córdoba requested an audience with the Honduran president, Xiomara Castro, on Tuesday. “With the aim of greeting her and she was received as a friend and political leader.”
Respect for migration and immigration regulations
“The government of the Republic reaffirms its commitment to transparency and respect for migration and immigration regulations,” said the Honduran Presidency.
In February it became known, in an investigation of Snail News, a statement before the Prosecutor’s Office of Andrés Vásquez, former adviser to the elected congresswoman.
In it, the man assured that regarding 15 years ago the policy “would have politically capitalized the delivery of hostages to the point of delaying the release of Íngrid Betancourt and the three US contractors.”
The senator was also accused of having links with the alleged figurehead of President Nicolás Maduro, Alex Saab. Who is detained and with whom she was able to travel and do business, as some political sectors denounce.
Senator @piedadcordoba released reports migration; pic.twitter.com/BBEhI23Zgb
– Manuel Zelaya R. (@manuelzr) May 26, 2022
