The Team for Colombia candidate asked Gustavo Petro if he would send the senator of his party to a gringo jail and she reacted
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Piedad Córdoba agreed to be investigated by the Ethics and Guarantees of the Historical Pact. Photo: Colprensa – Álvaro Tavera
In a new tweet from her official Twitter account, the investigated senator-elect of the Historical Pact, Piedad Córdoba, asked the presidential candidate of the Team for Colombia, Federico ‘Fico’ Gutierrez, if in a possible mandate of his he would extradite former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Would you sign that extradition?” Piedad Córdoba questioned Fico.
Córdoba/Twitter
The taunt of the congresswoman from Gustavo Petro’s political coalition occurred because during the presidential debate on Monday, May 23, the also former mayor of Medellín questioned the candidate for the Historical Pact on whether or not he would extradite Piedad Córdoba to the United States, who answered with a simple yes.
“Be careful with the security of Dr. Federico Gutiérrez”: Álvaro Uribe’s call. Photos: Colprensa.
Petro’s response to Gutiérrez generated several comments on social networks, for the followers of the leader of Colombia Humana, he left the Team for Colombia “hairstyled”. However, there were others who vehemently questioned them for not delving into details about the investigations against their senator.
The investigations against Córdoba
The questions against the former presidential candidate have had her in the eye of the storm since mid-2021. For example, she was linked with being alias Teodora, one of the guerrillas of the extinct FARC guerrilla who would have made it difficult the freedom of several hostages, such as the current presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt.
The accusations date back to 2008, after the Colombian Army bombed the camp of alias ‘Raúl Reyes’ , located on the other side of the border with Ecuador, where several computers and USBs with emails were found in which the former guerrilla leader and Córdoba supposedly exchanged information, identifying herself under the alias of ‘Teodora’.
In addition, his campaign to return to the Senate is also being investigated, given that he is accused of receiving support from private entities. “About journalistic rumors that seek to involve me in this new entrapment, I reiterate that I have not received financing from prisoners for my electoral campaign. I demand that the Prosecutor’s Office respond to the right to petition regarding investigations and proceedings against me”, Córdoba wrote on Twitter on April 16.
His brother, for his part , also faces judicial problems. Recently, the Government of the United States formally requested Colombia to extradite Álvaro Fredy Córdoba, required for having alleged links with drug cartels; It was learned that a DEA agent pretended to be a Mexican drug trafficker who managed the operation in which the accused criminal, the congresswoman’s brother, fell.
“Enough of the political persecution against me and against my family. Neither my brother Álvaro Córdoba nor I have any relationship with drug trafficking or with armed groups. I challenge that the evidence that supports this new judicial set-up be shown, “he said.
Another of the congresswoman’s messes in Colombia has to do with her alleged links with Alex Saab, one of the noted figureheads of the Nicolás Maduro regime. For these alleged crimes, the Supreme Court of Justice is investigating her.
Remember that this so-called in the high court it appeared once documents delivered by two Ecuadorian deputies to the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, to the Attorney General’s Office and to the Congress of the Republic were released. The text, with 125 pages, would expose suspicious movements and private flights of politicians who met with Saab, including Piedad Córdoba.
Furthermore, another of the investigations faced by the militant of the Historical Pact involves the candidate Gustavo Petro for the accusations made by Hugo ‘El Pollo’ Carvajal, former head of military intelligence of the regime of Nicolás Maduro and who will appear this April 20 before the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia to explain his links with the head of Human Colombia.