Colombian President Gustavo Petro did not know that his son had funneled funds from a former drug lord into his election campaign, Nicolas Petro, who faces money-laundering charges, told Semana magazine Saturday.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s eldest son on Tuesday said he was not guilty of money laundering, in a scandal linked to his father’s election campaign.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s son Nicolas was arrested Saturday on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment in a scandal linked to Petro’s election campaign, officials said.
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has been drawn into a scandal involving the unlawful wiretapping of his former chief of staff’s nanny, with claims of illegal financing leveled at his campaign.
Colombia President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday denied expelling leading Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido, but accused him of entering the country illegally.
Colombian drug traffickers facing charges in the United States will avoid extradition if they turn themselves in, the new leftist president Gustavo Petro said Wednesday.
US President Joe Biden congratulated Colombia’s new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, on his election victory in a phone call Tuesday, the White House said.
Colombia’s first ever left-wing president Gustavo Petro, elected on Sunday, is a former guerrilla who spent two years in jail before turning to politics.
The surprise electoral surge of a man dubbed Colombia’s Donald Trump could scupper the left’s hopes of a historic takeover of the presidency in a race now between two anti-establishment candidates, analysts say.
Two former mayors — a leftist and an independent outsider — will fight it out for the Colombian presidency on June 19 after coming out tops in a first voting round Sunday.
