After consulting with former President Gustavo Petro, criminal lawyer Alejandro Carranza, his attorney, agreed to answer several questions from the EL TIEMPO Investigative Unit. about the versions of a series of meetings of the former president in private homes that were supposedly attended by young women and senior officials, a police officer and even a member of a high court.
“There were no parties, alcohol or women. That is false. The meetings that took place outside Casa de Nariño were to discuss national security issues”said the criminal.
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The displacements
Part of the former president’s security scheme. Photo:Private file
Within that context, Carranza explained to this newspaper that, in fact, as several sources told EL TIEMPO, there were trips by the president to private homes where he stayed for security reasons.
“When there were intelligence reports about a plan or attack against him, the president moved to those houses. For example, when the United States took away the anti-drone system and weapons to protect Casa de Nariño, he moved to one of those houses due to some type of risk and also when the discovery of a mortar that, apparently, was going to be used against him was reported.”.
When this newspaper asked him about the security alert that, according to senior DNI officials, reached that entity because Petro supposedly frequented a property in the south of Bogotá where a local gang operated, the criminal lawyer assured: “The former president says that he would have had no problem staying in the south of the capital. However, that never happened.”
Carranza also stated that if The former president frequented the Quinta Paredes sector—as two former Petro government officials told this newspaper—he went to visit a relative who lives in that area and never gave the order to reduce his security scheme.
“What happened was that the scheme was opened and distributed throughout the area because it could not all remain in front of a single house.”he explained.
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Carranza’s complaint
Alejandro Carranza, lawyer of former President Petro. Photo:Milton Diaz / El Tiempo
And, a week ago, Petro’s agent had already told EL TIEMPO that He was going to denounce those who were creating a distorted narrative of the former president and that he was going to defend members of progressivism that they were being unfairly unionized.
Deyci Jiménez, the young woman who accuses Petro of paying sexual favors for state contracts. Photo:EL TIEMPO/ Private Archive
Furthermore, the accusations against the president are persecution.
In fact, A complaint has already been filed against Angie Rodríguez, due to the versions she has been giving in the media about the alleged conduct of her former boss.which includes drugs and even minors.
And now, Carranza stated that will empower several young workers from the Administrative Department of the Presidency (Dapre), who, according to what he says, are being persecuted by the new administration.
In fact, he shared with EL TIEMPO the testimony of a young woman, whose representation he has just assumed, in which it is stated that Last Thursday, October 29, she was summoned via WhatsApp, supposedly by a Dapre secretary.
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Dapre inspection?
Angie Rodriguez Photo:Angie Rodriguez
“They sat her in an office with the official and two men who introduced themselves as investigators and who, apparently, are members of the DNI.“They began to ask him questions about how he came to the entity and what his relationship had been with former president Gustavo Petro,” he said.
And he added that after four hours they asked the young woman to go to a bathroom and in the company of a Police officer, assigned to Presidential Protection, they searched her: “After she said that she had not seen the former president except on television, they told her to undress and they began to search her things. When they found nothing on her, they also searched her purse in that bathroom. “It is a very delicate issue that we will ask to be thoroughly investigated because, like her, there are other young women who are being persecuted.”
Furthermore, he stated that Since last August 7, they have not assigned duties to the young woman, in what she described as a clear strategy of job persecution.and that they have been asking him about a series of officials not only from Dapre, but from various ministries.
Through the Historical Pact network account, the movement indicated that A setup is being made to fabricate women’s testimonies against Petro, using intimidation, restraint and the power of the State.
From the Prosecutor’s Office they assured that They do not rule out calling Carlos Ríos, director of Dapre, to give a statement, who reported in Congress that they had found 48 cases of women who had been sexually exploited. in exchange for service provision contracts.
Inside Of the procedures that would be carried out in the coming weeks, an inspection of Dapre is also planned.
For now, the crossing of signals continues.
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