Nicolás Petro, the oldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, on Thursday admitted that illegal money was funneled into his father’s election campaign last year, prosecutors said during a court hearing held on Thursday.
Prosecutor Mario Burgos told a judge that Nicolás Petro, who was charged over the weekend with money laundering and illicit enrichment, told authorities he received large sums of money from a former senator convicted of drug trafficking, a “powerful” businessman and a Colombian contractor charged with murder,
Last week, Nicolas Petro, 37, was arrested and charged with money laundering and illicit enrichment after a month-long investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office in the city of Barranquilla.