Nicolás Petro, the oldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has admitted to receiving illicit money that went into his father’s 2022 presidential campaign, prosecutors said in a court hearing on Thursday.
over the weekend on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment, disclosed that he had received large sums of money from a Colombian contractor charged with murder, a former senator convicted of drug trafficking and a “powerful” businessman.
President Petro, speaking Thursday at an event in northern Colombia, denied any connection to the allegations. “Even without this scandal it was very complicated, because he did not have the majority in the congress and he has not wanted to negotiate with political parties,” Basset said. “Now the government’s only agenda is basically to survive.”
using money donated to his father’s presidential campaign to support a lavish lifestyle. Gustavo Petro was unaware of his son’s actions, according to Vásquez.Back then, Nicolás Petro denied he had misused any money from the campaign in a statement issued after the Semana story was published, and said he would cooperate with authorities.
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