The Attorney General’s Office presented a 43-year-old man, originally from Tumaco (Nariño) and resident in Cali (Valle del Cauca), before a guarantee control judge for recording and disseminating a video through social networks in the who directed death threats against the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro Urrego, and some members of his family.
In the video, the man expressed violent threats, anticipating possible actions by an alleged illegal armed group. against the personal integrity of the president and his family. The material, recorded with a personal cell phone, was disseminated in a virtual community.
The investigative work of the Prosecutor’s Office led to the identification of the individualwho was presented before the judge for the crime of threats against defenders of human rights and public servants in homogeneous and successive competition. However, the accused did not accept the charges.
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In the video, the man stated: “Don’t be afraid, Petro. Didn’t he want war? What is the fear, Petro? Gustavita, bitch, didn’t you applaud the death of the children? But it did give you pain and sadness when your people, your criminals, killed you. We are going to finish them all and we are going to finish you. I already asked for 70,000 men to carry out a coup d’état. We are going to finish you off, dog, we are going to cut off your head and we are going to play ball with you and your relatives, with your son, with your wife, with your daughter-in-law, with your grandson, we are going to finish everyone off. This is a very brave message that we are giving you.”
The accusation seeks to bring the accused to trial for the threats made.
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