Flights of Vice President Márquez amount to $2.8 billion

The Senator of the Democratic Center, María Fernanda CabaHe has been one of the main critics of the management of the vice president France Marquez.

This Sunday, the right-wing congresswoman, through her Twitter account, published several photos of documents from a right of petition that he made to the Ministry of Defense to find out how many flights have been made by the vice president in planes and helicopters of the Colombian Air Force (FAC).

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Similarly, Senator Cabal made an inquiry about the costs of these and carbon dioxide emissions produced by these journeys made by Francia Márquez.

On the one hand, the senator from the Democratic Center mentioned that since the social and environmental leader assumed the vice presidency of the country, from August 7, 2022 to March 6, 2023, ha FAC planes were used 130 times and Army planes four times.

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According to the documents provided by the Ministry of Defense and by Cabal’s right to petition, it can be verified that, in total, Francia Márquez has flown 128 hours and 33 minutes, with a total cost of 2,869,972,464 pesos.

Among the aircraft used are the C-295, E-135, F-28, SK350 and the UH-60 Black Hawk. Senator Cabal also maintains that “Between February 7 and 9, 2023, Francia Márquez moved between Popayán, Guabito-Valle and Cali. There were 4 flights in UH-60 Black Hawk with a cost of: $43,636,626 pesos”.

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The congresswoman also mentioned that, according to the information provided to her, “From September 23, 2022 to February 9, 2023, it has used National Police aircraft 13 times. 9 of those flights were in UH-60 Black Hawk with a cost of: $134,142,224 in 5 months”.

In the Twitter thread, the senator highlighted that the MINdefensa document added the added carbon dioxide emissions of all the flights made by the vice president, assuring that “The carbon dioxide emissions produced by the support flights carried out by the Air Force for the Vice President of the Republic in the period from August 7, 2022 to March 6, 2023 were approximately 345,600 kilograms.”. In relation to the flights with Army planes, “there were approximately 6,602 kg of CO2.”

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On the side of Francia Márquez, there have been no statements regarding Senator Cabal’s publications; however, It is known that she has maintained her position of continuing to use, at least, the helicopter, for the reason, according to her, to preserve the integrity of herself and her family.

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