Colombian ex-foreign minister charged over nanny's lie detector test
Former Colombian foreign minister Laura Sarabia has been charged with abusing her power by ordering a lie detector test for her nanny. The incident occurred in 2023 while Sarabia was serving as chief of staff to President Gustavo Petro, involving the alleged disappearance of cash from her residence. Sarabia has denied any wrongdoing and stated that she trusts the judicial process.
- ▪Prosecutors accused Laura Sarabia of improperly using state resources to investigate a private matter involving her nanny.
- ▪The nanny, Marelbys Meza, was taken to an official building and subjected to a polygraph test regarding missing cash.
- ▪Sarabia served as President Gustavo Petro's chief of staff before becoming foreign minister and later ambassador to the UK.
- ▪Meza consistently denied stealing any money during the test and in subsequent media interviews.
- ▪Sarabia rejected the accusations during a hearing and expressed trust in the judicial authorities.
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Colombian ex-foreign minister charged over nanny's lie detector testImage source, FLORENCE LO / POOL / AFPImage caption, Laura Sarabia was Colombia's foreign minister from January to July 2025ByVanessa BuschschlüterLatin America online editorPublished22 minutes agoProsecutors in Colombia have accused former foreign minister Laura Sarabia of abusing her power after she made her nanny take a lie detector test. The scandal erupted in 2023, when Colombian news weekly Semana reported that a woman Sarabia had employed to look after her son had been hooked up to a polygraph and questioned over the alleged disappearance of a case full of cash from Sarabia's flat.Sarabia, who was the chief of staff for President Gustavo Petro at the time, resigned in June 2023 but was later appointed as foreign…
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