Gustavo Petro ‘s trill triggered a difficult meeting between the presidential candidate presidency and General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro (commander of the Army), on social media. petro gustavo wrote in his message, “Some Clan officers are on their payroll.”

“While http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senadores/53-senadores-2018-2022/1512-gustavo-francisco-petro-urrego are murdered by the Gulf Clan, some of generals are on Clan’s payroll. The leadership is corrupted because the leaders of drug trafficking industry are the.that they end up ascending to generals”” Gustavo Petro said on social media.

General Zapateiro’s response

The message prompted an Army commander’s response. demanded the candidate for president six times for his remarks.

General Zapateiro stated: “There is no person more injured by the loss of a soldier’s life than those who are wearing camouflage. Their families and their homeland also suffer however the ultimate sacrifice they made for their country must not be used as a political story for a campaign.”

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In a second message, the senior officer talked about the many soldiers who had died in recent times. “More than 500 military personnel have been killed or injured in the last 2021. There was no official declaration regarding their sacrifice. It’s odd that the death and suffering of the heroes of our country is now used to generate other signs.

Gustavo Petro, the army commander, asked Gustavo Petro if he knew of any links between groups or generals that were not subject to the law and advised him to file an inquiry.

“Senator. It is not advisable to utilize your investiture (“parliamentary inviolability”) to attempt to use the death of our soldiers to make a political statement. Instead, fulfill your citizen responsibility of making a substantiated complain to the

@FiscaliaCol of the facts that you mention, whoever it is”” the person who is the general mentioned.

He added another sentence: “I remind senators that they belong to the group that you can refer to as ‘drug trafficking lawmakers’. As as petro gustavo , I would suggest that you not generalize. Respect is the first thing and the most important”

The official’s message that was the most high-ranking official that generated the most debate was one which stated that Colombians have seen the current president receiving money in bags.

“I have not seen generals receive untruthful money on the television.” General Zapateiro stated that Colombians had seen him receive money from the garbage bag.

The official concluded by declaring that he would seek respect for the longest-running institution of the nation. gustavo petro , men and women, have unreservedly for the protection of democracy across the country for more than 200 years, and even sacrificed their own lives.