Petro campaign finance scandal splashes other politicians

The scandal over the alleged illegal financing of the president’s campaign Colombian, Gustavo Petrocan splash other politicians who were not mentioned in the hearing in which the prosecutor in the case accused of money laundering and illicit enrichment Nicholas Petro Burgoseldest son of the president.

One of those politicians can be Alex Chara member of one of the most important political clans in the country, who for 16 years has been pulling the strings of political and economic power in Barranquilla and in the department of Atlanticof which it is the capital, according to a report published by Cambio magazine on Sunday.

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In one of the conversations between the president’s son and his ex-wife daysuris vasquezof December 19, 2021, which was not mentioned by the prosecutor Mario Burgos in the judicial hearings of the last days, Nicholas Petro Burgos He tells his then partner: “Ask for gifts from A.CH.”.

The conclusion of the head of the Judicial Police, Victor Alfonso Forerowho intervened in the investigation is that “it is inferred that the person they mention as A. CH., is Alex Char (…) who would be close to Daysuris“Despite being an opponent of the Petro, both the president and his son, who was a deputy to the Atlantic Assemblya position he resigned yesterday as part of the agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office.

Alex Char He has been governor of Atlántico and mayor of Barranquilla on two occasions, a position that he aspires to win again in the elections on October 29.

According to the report echoed by the magazine, one day after that conversation, “Nicolás asks Daysuris to review the account“bank because”had received some consignments”, but the researchers do not detail whether some of these “they were the ‘gift’ requested from the Char”.

In another conversation, this time between Vásquez and Char, he tells him “Leo is going to bring you something”, “5 points”, which may be five million pesos (about 1,250 dollars today), according to an explanation that Daysuris gives Nicolás Petro.

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Dangerous relationships

“The relations that Daysuris and Nicolás had on the Caribbean coast were with all social and political sectors, including Mr. Alex Char, who on May 11, 2022 apparently sent Daysuris five million pesos in cash.”, says the researcher’s report published by Cambio.

According to the magazine, in another conversation the next day, Nicolás Petro asks Vásquez: “Love, did he really send you five points?”, and she responds with a photo showing a wad of 50,000-peso bills.

However, Char’s lawyer, Ivan Cancinoconsulted by Cambio, assured that this information is false and that the person saved on Vásquez’s phone as “A.CH.” does not correspond to your client.

“That is not true. We will raise the right of petition to the Prosecutor’s Office to verify who owns that number associated with the name Alex Char”, Cancino told the magazine.

The Prosecutor’s investigation has focused on the money allegedly received by Petro Burgos from the drug trafficker Samuel Santander Lopesierraknown as “the marlboro man“, and of Gabriel Hilsaca Acostason of the controversial businessman Alfonso “Turkish” Hilsacapart of which allegedly went to the presidential campaign.

This revelation triggered the biggest scandal of the Government of the Colombian president, Gustavo Petrowho just tomorrow celebrates one year in office.

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“The campaign did not receive any money of an illegal nature and I found out about what happened from a meeting I had with Nicolás’s ex-wife in my office just a few months ago when I asked that they investigate my son”, Petro said yesterday.

For his part, his son assured in an interview with Semana magazine that neither his father nor the campaign manager, Ricardo Roa“They knew about the money that Daysuris and I received from Santander Lopesierra and Gabriel Hilsaca”.

Source: Elcomercio

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