President of Colombia Gustavo Petro. Photo: X/@petrogustavo.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro received new reports of assassination plans against him, the latest of which was linked to the discovery of anti-tank weapons at a site very close to the Casa de Nariño, the presidential palace in Bogota. This was reported by Prensa Latina.
This Sunday, June 1, President Petro warned on social media that members of the police concealed the discovery of the aforementioned weapon, capable of breaking the armor of any car, which he described as worse than the attempt itself.
“The investigation will be thorough, but this is not the only incident we have uncovered in recent months. Several meetings are being held to coordinate attacks. The order has been given within the far-right mafia. My protection is in the hands of the people,” the president wrote.
Que miembros de la policía hayan ocultado el encuentro de estas armas antitanque, capacez de romper el blindaje de cualquier carro, es quizás más grave que el hecho.
La investigación se hará a fondo, pero no es el único hecho, que hemos encontrado en estos meses.
Varias… pic.twitter.com/yqtAl5UMjm
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) May 31, 2025
He added that other sophisticated weapons have also entered Colombia for the same purpose and that the initial information about attacks was provided by the US Embassy on July 20, 2024.
Anti-tank rocket
A presidential statement later elaborated that Petro’s statement was prompted by a report by National Radio. An anti-tank rocket was found between 6th Street and 24th and 25th Avenues in Bogota near the Casa de Nariño between February 15 and 20.
According to intelligence reports, this weaponry would have been used against the Colombian president.
On May 28, President Petro reiterated his accusations of the existence of a criminal group called the Drug Trafficking Junta, based in the United Arab Emirates, that is seeking to assassinate him.
According to President Petro’s statement, this structure controls a network of prosecutors and, through the Technical Investigation Corps of the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office, manages the port of Buenaventura in the Pacific Ocean.
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The Colombian president attributed the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci (who died while on his honeymoon in Cartagena in May 2022) to the aforementioned group, adding that they managed to cover up the homicide.
“They have tried to assassinate me without success,” Petro concluded in his message.
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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