Alejandro José Lyons Muskus (born April 25, 1981) is a Colombian lawyer and politician, former governor of the department of Córdoba,[1] currently involved in multiple acts of corruption in Colombia.
[6] 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.
[1] Several of his clients were involved in the Parapolitics scandal, in which politicians and public officials made alliances with paramilitary groups outside the law of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
[1] Due to the corruption scandals with Elías and Besaile, Lyons tried to distance himself and create alliances with senators Nora García, Arleth Casado and Yamina Pestana, in addition to readjusting his departmental cabinet.
[13][14] 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.