Interceptions reveal trading in influence by Petro government elite lawyer

César Palomino, the director of the Agency for the Legal Defense of the State (Andje), was recorded using his influences to favor his relatives when he was a judge of the Council of State. Between October 7 and 27, 2021 he held five incriminating telephone conversations with Francisco Vidal Rojas, who was then pre-candidate to the Chamber of Chocó by the Liberal Party and until two weeks ago he was secretary of the Interior of the Governorate of…