The presidential candidates Gustavo Petroof the Historical Pact, and Federico (Fico) Gutiérrez, of Team for Colombia, clashed harshly this Saturday over the accusations made by Gutiérrez’s head of debate, Luis Felipe Henao, of an alleged plan orchestrated from Venezuela to infiltrate the campaign and favor the Historical Pact.
Henao pointed out that a Venezuelan citizen close to the Venezuelan military and the regime of Maduro he sought to be part of the Team for Colombia campaign to then send threatening messages to Maduro and thus “link this campaign with illegal acts.” These actions, according to Henao, seek to benefit the Historical Pact.
“We want to make this information with its evidence available to the Attorney General’s Office and alert all Colombian citizens that we are facing a great dirty threat,” the Gutiérrez campaign said in a statement.
Petro had a strong reaction when Gutiérrez announced that there would be a press conference this Saturday in which they would present the attempted infiltration. «You, Gutierrez, have only been infiltrated by the mafia office, his boss became not only your security secretary, but also your apartment neighbor. Separate yourself from those gangs, man! ”, Wrote the leftist candidate.
To this, the Team for Colombia candidate replied: While I was studying and working for a better country, you belonged to an armed group. You defended Santrich, Iván Márquez and now Otoniel. You are accompanied by people who were from the Farc, Eln, M-19, and your team sits with parapoliticians, corrupt and linked to drug trafficking. What cynicism!».
