This Monday, February 9, the Attorney General’s Office made a radical decision in the case that shakes the Ministry of Equality.
The prosecuting body called for charges against Juliana Guerrero, who was one step away from being appointed as vice minister of Youth, due to serious irregularities in obtaining her academic degrees.
The investigation indicates that Guerrero would have accredited her training as a public accountant and technologist through allegedly fraudulent documents issued by the San José Higher Education Foundation, titles that were annulled by the institution itself after the outbreak of the scandal.
The judicial proceeding also includes Luis Carlos Gutiérrez, former general secretary of the aforementioned foundation. Both must answer for the crimes of procedural fraud and falsification of public documents.
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The case gained national relevance after representative Jennifer Pedraza denounced that Guerrero obtained her degree as an accountant on July 1, 2025 without having attended classes or taken the Saber Pro Tests, an essential legal requirement for any graduating student in Colombia. According to Icfes, there is no official record that the young woman has completed said State exam.
New evidence provided by Congresswoman Pedraza reveals that Guerrero made three payments to the university after his supposed graduation, including one million pesos for degree fees at the end of July 2025. These financial and academic inconsistencies led the San José Foundation to invalidate the diplomas last November.
For its part, the Ministry of Education confirmed that it maintains an open administrative investigation against the directives of the San José Foundation to verify non-compliance with the rules that regulate higher education. While Juliana Guerrero maintains that she no longer aspires to government positions, political pressure is increasing for her to be removed from her current management position at the Popular University of Cesar.
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