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Legal and political challenges involving Iván Cepeda

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Senator Iván Cepeda is involved in multiple legal and judicial developments in Colombia. In mid-September 2026, the Special Instruction Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice opened a preliminary inquiry into Cepeda regarding potential irregularities in the financing of the Pacto Histórico internal consultation held in October 2025. While the National Electoral Council had previously found no evidence of regulation violations, the Supreme Court is investigating whether the matter carries criminal relevance. Expanding on these financial inquiries, the Prosecutor General’s Office, through the Special Directorate against Corruption, has summoned the managers and accountants of the political campaigns for senators Iván Cepeda and Carolina Corcho. Scheduled for September 23 and 24, 2026, in Bogotá, these interrogations aim to verify if financial reports submitted to the National Electoral Council accurately reflect actual accounting data. For Cepeda’s campaign, the summons include manager Carlos Saúl Garzón Urrea and accountant Sandra Yurany López Cortés. Investigators are also examining Carolina Corcho’s campaign, specifically a $742 million loan linked to the restaurant Chefcito S.A.S., to determine if the restaurant’s legal representative was the true source of funding for reported goods and services. Recent judicial inspections of the former headquarters of the Polo Democrático Alternativo have also yielded financial and accounting documents relevant to the probe. Separately, Cepeda has announced plans to file a ‘tutela’ against President Abelardo de la Espriella, alleging a violation of his right to political participation. The senator argues that the presence and maneuvers of United States military forces—specifically involving U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopters in the Pacific region near Tumaco, Nariño—occurred without the mandatory legislative consultation required by Article 173 of the Colombian Constitution. ~~Cepeda contends that the failure to notify or consult the Senate regarding these operations undermines the legislature’s constitutional powers of political control.~~

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