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Both prosecution and defence in the case of Nicolas Petro have requested house arrest while the investigation proceeds.
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Both prosecution and defence in the case of Nicolas Petro have requested house arrest while the investigation proceeds.
BOGOTÁ: The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro was paroled on Friday after he was arrested on money laundering and illicit enrichment charges in a scandal linked to his father's election campaign.
Both the prosecution and the defense in a money laundering and illicit enrichment case against Nicolas Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, on Friday requested house arrest for the younger Petro. Petro, 37, was arrested last weekend in the city of Barranquilla alongside his ex-wife, Daysuris del Carmen Vasquez, who is being held on similar charges. Prosecutor Mario Burgos told a Thursday hearing Petro, who resigned as a lawmaker in Atlantico province, had said that illegal money entered his father's 2022 election campaign, that it exceeded legal limits and was not...
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -A judge late on Friday granted Nicolas Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, conditional ...
Nicolas Petro's lawyer reportedly disagreed with the change in strategy of the Colombian President's son, who announced his intention to collaborate with the Prosecutor's Office.