The Colombian Attorney General’s Office launched an official investigation this Tuesday (3) to investigate the left-wing coalition Pacto Histórico’s claims that presidential candidate Gustavo Petro will be the target of an attack during his visit to Colombian cities. area. the center of the country.
According to an official statement, investigators “contacted those responsible for Mr Gustavo Petro’s security and those in his campaign to obtain detailed information on the source of the information and conduct the investigation”.
Organizers of Petro’s visit to three central departments in the country announced on Monday night (2) that they were canceling the trip “for security reasons” amid a serious risk of attack.
“According to the work carried out by the security team, who received first-hand information from the site of the visit, the criminal organization La Cordillera planned an assassination attempt on the presidential candidate,” the organizers said.
The group in question is a paramilitary organization operating in the international drug trade.
Petro, also a former guerrilla fighter and former mayor of Bogotá, leads the polls for the May 29 presidential election with around 43.6% of the vote. The main candidate of the centre-right, Federico Gutiérrez, the former mayor of Medellin, appears with 26.7 percent of intentions. (ANSA).
source: Noticias
