Alejandro Lyons

Alejandro José Lyons Muskus (born April 25, 1981) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, former governor of the department of Córdoba, currently involved in multiple acts of corruption in Colombia.

Lyons worked with Bernardo "Ñoño" Elías Vidal and Musa Besaile, and assigned royalty contracts for COP$65 billion pesos with the Fund for Innovation, Science and Technology that were never executed, but the money ended up with figureheads of Lyons, Elías and Besaile This, added to other summary contracts, embezzles the department of Córdoba for COP$500 billion pesos, contracts for which they would have charged contractors commissions of 30 percent. The network of contractors includes as beneficiaries relatives of Lyons, Elías and Besaile, as well as allied political groups and friends in Córdoba.

Lyons has accumulated more than 20 processes for corruption in Colombia that accumulate an embezzlement of COP $107 billion pesos, and in 2017 he went to the United States with his family, where he began to collaborate with the authorities of that country as an "informant", and helped uncover the network of corruption in Colombian justice known as the cartel de la toga. On December 5, 2018, the Attorney General's Office dismissed and disqualified Lyons from holding public office for 15 years.

His friend, accomplice and partner Sami Spath, in charge of diverting and distributing the money resulting from corruption, was captured in Italy, on May 12, 2018, by means of a red notice from Interpol.

Early life Alejandro is the son of Alejandro Eugenio Lyons De la Espriella and Luz Helena Muskus García. He is the first cousin of Sara Piedrahíta Lyons, who has been a representative to the Chamber for the department of Córdoba.

Family Lyons married Johanna Elías Vidal in October 2013, from whose union three daughters were born: Sara, Elena and Elisa Lyons Elías. Johanna es hermana del político Bernardo "Ñoño" Elías Vidal.

Education Muskus studied law at the Universidad Externado and obtained a specialization in Criminal Procedural Law. His followers began to be called the "Lyonists".

He faced the powerful liberal clan of the López Cabrales, led by former Congressman Juan Manuel López Cabrales, and his wife, Senator Arleth Casado.

Concession of the Chance in Córdoba Governor Lyons handed over the Chance (bets) concession in Córdoba to an individual named Pedro Ghisays Chadid, who was identified by the Attorney General's Office as a front man for the narco-paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and the Northern Bloc of the AUC.

Embezzlement of royalties from Córdoba

Hemophilia cartel As governor of Córdoba, Lyons authorized a contract in which COP$44 billion pesos were disbursed from the government to non-existent Health Provider Institutions (IPS) to carry out treatments for high-cost patients suffering from hemophilia, however, patients that they registered turned out to be non-existent or did not suffer from the reported diseases, and they charged money for medicines not contemplated in the Compulsory Health Plan.

The health secretaries of his administration Alexis José Gaines Acuña, Alfredo Aruachán Narváez, Edwin Preciado Lorduy were involved in the scandal. the legal representative of Funtierra Rehabilitation Limited Medical Services, Tania Otero; and the medical auditor Juan David Náder Chejne.

The health corruption scandal continued in the governorship of Edwin Besaile with his officials.