Drug money allegations involving Gustavo Petro’s son Nicolás could hamper progressive agenda
The lawyer representing a businessman accused of financing killings by paramilitary death squads has admitted that his client donated money to the campaign of Colombia’s first ever leftwing president, Gustavo Petro.
Alfonso Hilsaca knowingly gave 400m pesos ($95,000) to Gustavo Petro’s son as a donation for his father’s electoral campaign, his lawyer said this week – though he said Hilsaca had not expected Nicolás Petro to steal the money for himself.
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