The Court of Appeals modified the precautionary measure imposed on Suntracs leader Jaime Caballero and granted him house arrest with an electronic device, after remaining in preventive detention for several months. Caballero had been held since May 2025 as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering. With the new judicial decision, he must remain at his residence under electronic surveillance and comply with the conditions set by the court while the criminal process against him progresses. The change of measure was adopted during a hearing held on February 13, 2026. The decision does not imply the closure of the case or an acquittal, but a variation in the precautionary regime. In previous hearings, the defense of the union leader has maintained that the process lacks sufficient evidentiary support and that the financial transactions attributed to his client have legal justification. His lawyers had also questioned the preventive detention and pointed out that the measure was excessive given the circumstances of the case. Caballero's case is framed within a broader investigation related to alleged irregular financial movements linked to union leaders, which has generated public debate about the scope of the investigations and the precautionary measures imposed on its executives.
