Nicol\u00e1s Petro is a legislator for the northern coastal region of Atl\u00e1ntico, but has said he will resign the seat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Burgos has said the younger Petro revealed that unjustified increases detected in his assets came from two individuals being questioned by Colombian authorities. The money went partly into the son\u2019s own accounts and partly into the campaign that made his father Colombia\u2019s first elected leftist president, the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, when he was charged, prosecutors said the younger Petro took thousands of dollars from drug traffickers and used it to buy luxurious homes and expensive cars. Nicol\u00e1s Petro, 36, pleaded innocent to the charges, but agreed to cooperate with authorities.<\/p>\n
The case has come at a time when Colombia\u2019s president is losing popularity and has been exposed to attacks by opposition parties, which have become increasingly reluctant to cooperate with his legislative agenda.<\/p>\n
The president has said he would not interfere with the investigation, and wrote a message on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in which he said he hoped his son would \u201creflect on his mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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