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Petro family probes and Guerrero scandal
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In early July 2026, prosecutor Prosecutor Lucy Laborde resigned from the Specialized Directorate against Money Laundering while it was handling a money‑laundering and illicit‑enrichment investigation involving probe into Nicolás Petro, son of President Gustavo Petro. Her departure led to a newly appointed lead prosecutor taking over the case. Petro’s alleged illicit enrichment was underway. Later in July, investigative reporting by that month, Semana alleged reported that former presidential adviser Juliana Guerrero and her sister Verónica operated ran a network that demanded payments of about scheme charging businessmen 1 million pesos for an initial per introductory meeting, roughly 200 million pesos for subsequent management, up‑front, and a 10 % commission on the value of any awarded contract to secure public contracts secured in ministries such as Interior, Housing, Environment and Equality, as well as the National Land Agency and the Colombia Peace Fund. President Gustavo Petro denied dismissed any influence, called the entrepreneurs sisters “pendejos,” demanded they return any money, cooperate with authorities and urged the sisters to file complaints, return any money received and hand over all chat evidence, asserting asserted that no public resources were lost because the contracts never materialised. Senator Iván Cepeda called for zero tolerance and zero‑tolerance, independent investigations, reiterating his push for investigations and a national anticorruption system. The sisters also face a separate On 25 July, Petro reiterated these demands on X, while Juliana Guerrero publicly denied receiving money or commissions and pledged to collaborate with the judicial process over alleged academic‑credential fraud. process. Both the Petro family money‑laundering probe involving Nicolás Petro and the Guerrero corruption case investigation remain active under investigation by the Fiscalía General.
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- 2026-07-26 00:57 UTC Petro family corruption probes in Colombia
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