Prosecutor: Son of Gustavo Petro assured that there was illegal money in the campaign for the Presidency

2023-08-04 01:14:15

International media reported that the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation resumed on Thursday the hearing in which the investigative entity will determine the security measure in a prison establishment against Nicolás Petro Burgos, deputy from Atlántico and son of the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro Urrego . And explosive revelations were known by the person involved.

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As they announced, during the judicial proceeding, the prosecutor Mario Burgos, who accused the young politician of committing the crimes of money laundering and illicit enrichment, revealed new evidence against Petro Burgos, 37, and his ex-partner. , who was accused of punishable money laundering and violation of personal data.

In addition, they mention that, according to what was stated by prosecutor Burgos, the son of Gustavo Petro indicated to the investigative entity that funds of dubious origin did enter his father’s campaign, thus violating the electoral limits; Therefore, other lines of investigation will be opened, which allow the verification of said affirmations.

“Mr. Petro Burgos provided relevant information that, until now, the Prosecutor’s Office was unaware of. Among them, the financing of the past presidential campaign of the current president, Dr. Gustavo Petro Urrego, and the money that entered said campaign; which, apparently, would have exceeded the minimum limits of the law”, stressed the prosecutor.

The publications indicate that, as revealed by prosecutor Burgos, Nicolás Petro accepted having received money from Santander Lopesierra, better known as the Malboro Man, and from Gabriel Hilsaca, son of Alfonso Hilsaca, El Turco, which were directed to his father’s campaign ; but they ended up in his possession. As well as Óscar Camacho, presented as a powerful businessman from Cúcuta. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Nicolás Petro accepted having received money from Santander Lopesierra, better known as the Malboro Man, and from Gabriel Hilsaca, son of Alfonso Hilsaca, El Turco. (Credit. Social Networks).

“He did receive large sums of money from Mr. Samuel Santander Lopesierra, known as El Hombre Malboro. Mr. Gabriel Hilsaca Acosta, son of the renowned Alfonso “El Turco’ Hilsaca; of Mr. Óscar Camacho, as a powerful businessman from Cúcuta, of which a part of those monies were used by Mr. Nicolás Fernando Petro Burgos and his sentimental partner wife, Daysuris del Carmen Vásquez Castro, to increase their patrimony significantly unjustified.

It should be noted that according to publications, the first of those mentioned, Lopesierra, who is currently a candidate for mayor of Maicao (La Guajira), was convicted of drug trafficking and paid a sentence in the United States, in addition to answering for smuggling in the decades of the 80’s and 90’s; while Hilsaca faces legal proceedings for homicide, after the murder in 2003 of four prostitutes in Cartagena.

Now, it is expected that they will also know what other relationships Petro Burgos has with politicians and businessmen who are involved in acts of corruption, after accepting that the campaign of the current head of state, who was elected as president on June 20, 2022, after winning the second round against Rodolfo Hernández, it was permeated by resources that would not have been legalized.