Petro accuses Israel of Colombia election interference
Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Israeli entities of manipulating the presidential election results through a computer program funded by the profits of cocaine trade and private Israeli intelligence. This program replaced voters' legitimate votes with others that led to the victory of the conservative candidate, Abelardo De La Espriella. He confirmed that the program tampered with up to 1.8 million votes, and stated that the true winner was candidate Ivan Cepeda, considering what happened to be electoral forgery and a violation of the country's sovereignty. He emphasized that the election was illegitimate and called on the Colombian people to struggle for freedom and independence, asserting that Colombia would only return to colonization if the people desired it. De La Espriella had narrowly won the recent elections amid efforts to strengthen cooperation with Israel, while Petro had ended diplomatic relations with Israel in 2024 in protest of its aggression on Gaza.
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