President of Colombia Gustavo Petroassured this Friday that the prosecutor’s office recorded, as if he were the “worst criminal”, the arrest of his first-born son, Nicolás Petro Burgos, last July, when he was arrested for crimes related to illicit enrichment and money laundering.

“According to our rules, this could only be addressed without problems by the prosecutor’s office, but they conducted a search Treat him like the worst criminal to broadcast his images.. “They entered the room with my son’s wife naked and pregnant,” the president said on the social network X.

The video, almost 13 minutes long, was published this Friday by the magazine A week and in it you can see how employees of the Technical Investigation Corps (TIC) of the prosecutor’s office They enter Petro Burgos’ apartment in Barranquilla. when he and his partner Laura Ojeda, who was eight months pregnant, were not dressed.

CTI agents can also be seen entering through the windows of the house.

“Such degrading treatment is due to two reasons: because the President of Colombia is progressive and they wanted revenge for this, and because due to the psychological destruction of my son they wanted to overthrow the president“added the president.

For his part, Ojeda assured this Friday that he is “the victim of a violation of his rights,” referring to the published video.

“It was an unnecessary raid because Nicholas and his lawyer always answered calls from the prosecutor’s office. They knew that we were at home and breaking through the balconies and windows would be unnecessary. Record yourself naked, in my case eight months pregnant, and become a victim of a video leak again This is not news and this is not justice, this is a shame,” Ojeda added in a video posted on X.

Complaint about blood pressure

The president’s son confirmed Thursday before the House impeachment committee that the prosecutor’s office put pressure on him testify against his father.

Peter Burgos is at his residence in Barranquilla. serving house arrestafter prosecutors charged him last year with crimes related to illicit enrichment and money laundering.

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It’s because He is accused of receiving money from a former drug dealer Samuel Santander Lopezierra and Gabriel Hilsaca Acosta, son of controversial businessman Alfonso “Turco” Hilsaca, for his father’s 2022 presidential campaign.

Among the investigative body’s evidence against Petro Burgos is the testimony of his ex-wife, Daysuris Vazquez, who entered into a cooperation agreement to testify about the flow of money for the presidential campaign. (EFE)