Viernes 10 de Abril de 2026

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Caracol Radio obtained classified Defense Ministry documents showing the Colombian Air Force warned three times in 2026 that the Hercules plane had no insurance — each victim is owed roughly $80,000 USD.

1. Lo Más Caracol, directed by Carlos Castro Arias, aired its Friday April 10, 2026 edition covering four Colombian news stories and a brief cultural segment. 2. Host Carlos Castro Arias presents the program; co-hosts Julio and Juan Diego conduct interviews, joined by journalists Juan Pablo Calvás and Orlando Villar from Caracol Radio's news service. 3. The episode's implicit thesis is that multiple Colombian state institutions failed basic accountability — a crashed embassy vehicle, a fraudulent passport contract, an uninsured military aircraft, and years-old property tax inequity all reflect the same institutional negligence. 4. Ambassador Alfredo Saade confirms he personally brought a Colombian chef to the Brasilia embassy because he disliked the existing kitchen arrangement, and that the chef — not an official driver — took an embassy vehicle and crashed it during Holy Week while Saade was in Bogotá. 5. Saade says he immediately contacted Brazilian police, transit authorities, and notified the Cancillería, and that the vehicle's insurance claim and company liability are being processed. 6. Journalist Juan Pablo Calvás discovered that the Fondo Rotatorio de la Cancillería signed a no-bid interadministrative contract with AL Desarrollo for more than 10 billion pesos during Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo's administration in December 2024. 7. AL Desarrollo subcontracted to Unión Temporal Avance Digital — a joint venture including Trust ID AISAS, a company incorporated on October 3, 2024, four days before the Ministry formally requested the contract on October 7. 8. Trust ID AISAS listed a Gmail address as its official contact, raising further questions about the vetting process for an 8.195-billion-peso technology contract involving Colombian identity management. 9. The contract was extended multiple times, a June 2025 Cancillería circular announced a new digital system that was never implemented, and the Ministry formally cancelled the contract in January 2026 with no deliverables received. 10. UNIDIPLO president José Fernando Salcedo says his union warned the Cancillería during 2025 sectoral negotiations that CITAC, the core consular IT system, runs on Java 6 — a programming language no longer in mainstream use — and would continue failing without structural replacement. 11. On the day of broadcast, simultaneous outages were affecting Colombia's fingerprint identity verification link to the Registraduría, the apostille-of-criminal-records system, and the minor-travel-permit system. 12. Caracol Radio's news service obtained classified Fuerza Aeroespacial documents showing three formal communications — January 13, February 24, and March 25, 2026 — warning the Ministry of Defense of a 258-billion-peso deficit for insuring the full military aircraft fleet. 13. The Hercules plane that crashed in Putumayo, killing at least 69 and injuring 57, was among those left uninsured because the Air Force had to prioritize which planes received coverage. 14. Each victim of the crash is entitled to approximately $80,000 USD in indemnification plus medical costs, with all liability now falling on the Colombian state rather than an insurer. 15. Journalist Orlando Villar notes that additional aircraft are currently flying without insurance, a forthcoming special report will identify which ones. 16. IGAC director Gustavo Marulanda explains that Colombia's cadastral system has a 16-year average backlog of updates, with some municipalities — such as Saravena — recording land at 138 pesos per hectare despite market values of 2 to 5 million pesos per hectare. 17. He clarifies that Article 49 of the national development plan caps annual property-tax increases at 50% for properties under 100 hectares (98% of the country's parcels) and 100% for larger holdings, regardless of the cadastral re-valuation percentage. 18. Fedegán reports cadastral increases of 1,000% in Boyacá and Cundinamarca, and Procaña warns that higher property taxes could threaten food production — both groups have held meetings with IGAC seeking relief. 19. The episode mixes investigative scoops with explanatory interviews, with hosts pushing guests for direct accountability and interrupting lengthy technical answers to return to citizen-impact questions. 20. Colombians tracking government corruption, state procurement fraud, or citizens facing unexpected property-tax bills will find the most relevant material here; listeners seeking entertainment or non-Spanish content will not.

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