Dilian Francisca Toro, the Powerful Governor to Whom Petro Points to Sink His Popular Consultation

Armando Benedetti, Minister of the Interior, wrote on WhatsApp a chat in which he ordered “stop everything” to Dilian Francisca Toro, governor of Valle del Cauca. Journalists of Change, who followed the vote of the popular consultation of the Government in the plenary of the Senate last Wednesday, captured the message in a photo. “He betrayed us and in what way... Ask the President,” had written the former Toro partner in the U party in a messag…

Through several communiqués, the U Party, the Conservative Party and the National Federation of Departments (FND) supported the Governor of the Valley, Dilian Francisca Toro, following messages sent by the Minister of the Interior, Armando Benedetti, accusing her of “treasoning” and ordering “stopping it all.” Context. A note of Change revealed the chats that Interior Minister Armando Benedetti had with the Minister of Finance. In the messages, …