Olmedo López, former director of Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), pleaded guilty on May 20 to criminal conspiracy and embezzlement charges stemming from a corruption network that diverted state funds during President Gustavo Petro's administration. López's admission follows the rejection of an initial plea deal by courts and implicates other executive officials in a scheme that included contract manipulation and inflated procurement costs, most notably the controversial purchase of water tanker trucks for La Guajira.