US EditionEcopetrol CEO Faces Probe Amid Influence Peddling Allegations
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Ecopetrol CEO Faces Probe Amid Influence Peddling Allegations
Ecopetrol CEO Ricardo Roa has been granted an extended holiday and leave amid investigations into influence peddling. The attorney general's office has charged Roa with pressuring an Ecopetrol subsidiary for contract awards, while he also faces separate election finance violation probes. Ecopetrol named Juan Carlos Hurtado Parra as acting president.
The pressure accumulated for weeks on Ecopetrol’s board of directors culminated this Monday in an exit that says a lot about the company’s nervousness: Ricardo Roa, the president of Ecopetrol, was neither dismissed nor asked to resign. But the board asked him to leave temporarily, and leave on vacation. Starting Tuesday, the president of the largest company in Colombia will take a rest period that will extend until May 28, and then become unpaid…
The president of the Ángela María Robledo board and the three appointed by the president agreed to make Ricardo Roa aside to assume his criminal defense The article In contrast to Petro, his files on the Ecopetrol board supported Roa's withdrawal until the elections was originally published in Las2orillas.co: Stories, Voices and News from Colombia. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
Ricardo Roa was removed from his position as president of Ecopetrol SA by his board, after Colombian prosecutors accused him of alleged influence trafficking. Read more
At half-day, Ecopetrol’s action registered a slight setback after the Board of Directors of the oil company decided to temporarily remove the CEO, Ricardo Roa, to face his problems with justice. SEE MORE: Ecopetrol’s Board licensed its CEO, Ricardo Roa, in the middle of an investigation“He decided to authorize an unpaid license, requested by the president of the Company, Ricardo Roa Barragán, in accordance with article 23, paragraph 3, of the So…
The Board of Directors of Ecopetrol authorized the application for unpaid leave submitted by its president, Ricardo Roa Barragán. The decision was adopted on April 6, 2026, in the midst of a complex judicial and political context. According to official information, Roa will take vacations between April 7 and May 27. After that period, an unpaid license of 30 days will enter into force from May 28. In his absence, the company appointed Juan Carlo…
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