The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurorepudiated this Monday the death threats against his counterpart from Colombia, Gustavo Petroand his family, after the president of the Andean country denounced on Saturday that a man said that they were going to “cut off the head” and “play ball” with her.
“From Venezuela We repudiate the threats to the life and physical integrity of the president Gustavo Petrofrom his wife, from his entire family, and we ask for respect and peace for Colombia“, expressed this Monday the Venezuelan head of state in his weekly television program”With Maduro +”, broadcast on the state channel VTV.
In this sense, the president said that he hopes that “there is justice in time” for “protect life” by Petro, who is “severely threatened by fascism, by the extreme right” and “for paramilitarism”.
“We know that in Colombia, when these types of threats are made, unfortunately, history says (that) in the last 100 years, they carry them out. We ask God and the Virgin of Chiquinquirá to bless and protect President Gustavo Petro, his wife and his entire family.“Maduro expressed.
Last Saturday, Petro reported the threats through X (formerly Twitter), where he shared a video in which a man tells the president that they are going to “cut off the head” and “play ball” with her.
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He also threatened Petro’s family and insulted the president, who asked the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate “this person who appears in the video”.
The Colombian prosecutor’s office He identified the alleged perpetrator and called him for questioning next Wednesday to investigate the case.
Petro has received numerous death threats on social media both since he was president and when he was a candidate and senator.
