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Colombian top prosecutor is investigating deadly building collapse in Medellin

Associated Press
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    A tower lays in ruins at the Space development after it collapsed late Saturday in Medellin, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. The body of a university student was pulled from the ruins on Tuesday, and the director of the national disaster agency, Carlos Ivan Marquez, said the 10 people missing, most of them workers, would not be declared dead until their bodies are found. (AP Photo/Wilson Madrid, Flycam RC) (The Associated Press)

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    Soldiers walk past the remains of a 22-story building that imploded, in Medellin, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Heavy rains and fears an adjacent building could fall have forced a halt in the search for 11 people trapped in the ruins of a collapsed Colombian apartment tower. The city's emergency management director says he hasn't lost hope that someone has survived in the 22-story building that imploded on Saturday night, but that the odds are against it, given the weight of the rubble. (AP Photo /Luis Benavides) (The Associated Press)

MEDELLIN, Colombia – Colombia's chief prosecutor says his office is investigating the manager of the company that was building a tower that collapsed in the city of Medellin over the weekend, killing at least one person and leaving another 10 missing.

Eduardo Montealegre told a Thursday news conference that those found responsible for problems with the building's construction could face manslaughter charges carrying a minimum of two years in prison. He says those being questioned include the manager of the construction company Lerida CDO.

Workers on Tuesday recovered the body of a 23-year-old student. Nine workers and a security guard were missing after entering the building to inspect a crack in a column before it collapsed Saturday night.

The 22-story tower was partially inhabited and in its final phase of construction.