With a new lawyer, Nicolás Petro's hearing resumes

They threaten the new lawyer of Nicolás Petro: "has until Monday to leave the country" Agencia Period... Mar, 10/12/2024 - 17:57 Alejandro Carranza receives threats linked to his professional exercise.

On Monday, December 9, the preparatory hearing against Nicolás Petro, the son of President Gustavo Petro, who faces accusations of illicit enrichment and money laundering for allegedly receiving illegal money to finance his father’s campaign, resumed. The trial had been suspended in October after attorney Diego Henao resigned from the defense of the former deputy. In this sense, Nicolás Petro’s defense requested the postponement of the hearing.

At this time, in Court 2 of Barranquilla, the preparatory hearing of Nicolás Petro, the eldest son of President Gustavo Petro, was resumed for alleged illicit enrichment and money laundering. His new lawyer is Alejandro Carranza, who assumes the file at the final stage of his trial, amid approaches with the Prosecutor's Office to avoid his trial. Nicolás Petro's hearing was suspended for a month after Diego Henao's resignation from his defense. …