Colombia inspector general suspends foreign minister for 3 months

FILE PHOTO: Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva holds a news conference after attending an international conference on the political crisis in Venezuela, at Palacio de San Carlos in Bogota, Colombia April 25, 2023. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's inspector general on Wednesday suspended Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva from his role for three months over possible irregularities in the tender process for producing passports in the Andean country.

Leyva last year declared the bidding process void after just one company, Thomas Greg & Sons - which was already producing Colombian passports - tendered an offer.