Gustavo Petro says that Guatemala’s Prosecutor’s Office “obeys crime” after the arrest warrant against Velásquez and Camargo

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June 3, 2025June 3, 2025By Mario Vásquez
Gustavo Petro says that Guatemala’s Prosecutor’s Office “obeys crime” after the arrest warrant against Velásquez and Camargo

The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, said on Tuesday, June 3, that the Guatemala prosecution “obeys crime”, after the justice of that country He issued an arrest warrant against the Colombian Attorney, Luz Adriana Camargo, and the former Minister of Defense and Ambassador designated in the Vatican, Iván Velásquez.

Petro made the comment when referring to the complaints against the two officials for alleged irregularities during his work a few years ago in the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and compared the situation with the alleged persecution that he was subject to the former Colombian General General Francisco Barbosa and with the case of the former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo.

“The Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Office as the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office at the time of Barbosa, as the Prosecutor’s Office that arrested President Pedro Castillo, and others, They obey crime and not citizenships “Petro said in his X account.

The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed on Monday that the arrest warrant of a Court of Guatemala against the Attorney General of the Andean country and a former Minister of Defense “lacks legal support” and “constitutes an attack against the fundamental principles of international justice.”

“This action, which lacks legal support, constitutes an attack against the fundamental principles of international justice. This measure not only represents a serious deviation of the standards of international law, but also violates fundamental human rights,” the Foreign Ministry denounced through a statement.

The Government expressed its “deep concern and energetic rejection” to the decision of the Third Appeals Chamber of the Guatemalan judicial agency to order the capture of prosecutor Luz Adriana Camargo, and the former Minister Iván Velásquez, for alleged irregularities during his work in the CICIG.

According to Guatemalan prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche, Velásquez, when he was in charge of the CICIG, allowed the approval of anomalous cooperation agreements with two Brazilian executives of Odebrecht in 2017.

The Third Chamber of the Court of Appeals, at the request of the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Impunity (FECI) of the Public Ministry (MP), He ordered the capture of both people who are indicated as an illegal association, obstruction of justice, influence peddling and collusion in the Odebrecht case, the Prosecutor’s Office reported on Monday.

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