2023-08-06 03:11:36
The lawyer José David Teleki Ayala, defender of Nicolás Petro, issued a statement in which he forcefully rejected the attacks that prosecutors Mario Burgos, Luis Fernando Merchán and their work team have received, in the midst of the hearings that have been brought forward to date. moment.
The jurist pointed out that these attacks are “unjustified” and highlighted the investigative work of the Prosecutor’s Office, which, according to what he said, helped Petro Burgos to start a collaboration with the justice system and promised to provide evidence on the alleged irregular financing of the campaign. presidential.
The lawyer described the attacks as unjustified. | Photo: screenshot
“The result obtained was the product of a harmonized work whose objective is for the country to discover the truth of serious acts of corruption in the presidential political campaign,” the statement said.
Since Nicolás Petro and his ex-wife, Day Vásquez, were captured last weekend, the Prosecutor’s Office has received strong criticism and some sectors even claimed that it was all a strategy on the part of the Attorney General of the Nation, Francisco Barbosa, to obtain political gains in the future.
In addition, during the hearings to legalize the capture, imputation of charges and the security measure, the prosecutor Mario Burgos repeatedly emphasized that all the actions carried out by the investigative entity obeyed what was mandated by law and, in this sense, stressed that it was not about any political persecution, as some have pointed out.
The lawyer issued a statement about it. | Photo: Twitter: @DavidTeleki1
Nicolás Petro, released: these are the judge’s restrictions on the president’s son after being released
The judge imposed a series of measures for Nicolás Petro. | Photo: GERARDO GOMEZ.
Last Friday, August 4, a judge of the Republic decided to release Nicolás Petro Burgos, son of President Gustavo Petro, after analyzing the burden of proof presented by the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation in the investigation he is conducting against the largest of the president’s children for the crimes of illicit enrichment and money laundering, after receiving money that was allegedly directed to support his father’s campaign for the House of Nariño.
“He has to observe good conduct, like Mrs. Vásquez Castro; You also remain in the obligation, keeping that proportion, you will have to appear at any call that is made on account of this process and, in addition, at all calls that are made by the Prosecutor’s Office on account of this process, “said the judge.
Likewise, it imposed another series of sanctions of a political and mobility nature and prohibited him from conversing with the people who would have given him the money with which he increased his wealth illegally.
“Not only will he be prohibited from leaving Colombia, but from the territorial area where his capture was made, in Barranquilla; You can only leave with prior authorization from the Prosecutor’s Office or the judiciary to attend these proceedings,” added the judge.
Since this scandal arose, Nicolás Petro had claimed that he was innocent, but the evidence was so compelling that he ended up accepting responsibility. | Photo: Facebook Nicolas Petro
“In relation to the corruption that you participated in and managed, Mr. Petro Burgos, you are also prohibited from participating in political events,” said the judge, who added that the president’s son will not be able to meet with the people who are involved in the investigation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office.
“It is strictly forbidden for him to interact with each of the people who gave him resources of illegal origin and with any other person who throughout this investigation is related to these facts that are being investigated,” said the judge, who He clarified that if these commitments were not fulfilled, the freedom measure could be revoked.
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