“The Police, so far, do not have any intelligence information or information linked to judicial processes that allows inferring the existence of a criminal plan against the candidate of the Historical Pact movement,” said the institution in response to a complaint made by Senator Gustavo Petro.
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“In the event that the Police, through the Intelligence Directorate, the Criminal Investigation Directorate and Interpol, the Protection and Special Services Directorate or any of its specialties and units had any information in this regard, immediately it would be made known to the competent authorities through the corresponding channels”, the Public Force pointed out.
This Monday, the presidential candidate for the Historical Pact, Gustavo Petro, denounced the existence of a plan against his safety and his life and canceled his political agenda for the Coffee Region, which would take place on May 3 and 4.
According to the statement from the senator’s office, “according to the work carried out by the security team, which received first-hand information from sources in the area, the criminal group ‘La Cordillera’ is planning to attempt against the life of the presidential candidate Gustavo Petro Urrego”.
In the response of the Police to that complaint, it is indicated that, although the existence of any plan against the candidate Petro has not been evidenced, the public information disclosed today reported to the Prosecutor’s Office “in order to verify, from its jurisdiction, the complaints made there, including the alleged threat from the criminal group ‘La Cordillera’.”
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Likewise, it is stated in the statement that the Directorate of Protection and Special Services contacted the Head of the Petro Scheme “to carry out the necessary coordination in case an adjustment to the measures of which the candidate is a beneficiary is required.”
Likewise, the Public Force indicated that the candidate and senator “has one of the most robust security schemes in the country, which includes an important component of the National Police and the National Protection Unit. In addition, every time the campaign presidential holds events throughout the national territory, all are arranged the necessary support to guarantee his life, integrity and political activity”.
Finally, they highlight that the instructions of President Iván Duque, the Minister of National Defense, and the Minister of the Interior within the framework of the Ágora II Plan, have been clear regarding the provision of all measures to guarantee the electoral contest and offer maximum security. candidates in all regions of the country.
For his part, the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Palacios, referred to the pronouncements of the presidential candidate Gustavo Petro’s campaign. He said that both Petro and his vice-presidential formula, Francia Márquez, have some of the most robust security schemes “that any candidate has today in the presidential race.”
And he added: “After having consulted with the military forces, with the State intelligence agencies, no plan has been revealed that corresponds to the organized criminal group of ‘La Cordillera’, which operates in the department of Risaralda. That is has been able to confirm and check with the different intelligence agencies of the public force, also consulting with the territorial entities and at this time there is no evidence, under any of these agencies, that this threat exists”.
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