Petro proposed internet in prisons and legalizing cocaine: “It kills less than whiskey”

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, was once again at the center of the controversy after once again defending the legalization of cocaine and announcing that he will bring the Internet to all the country's prisons. “Whiskey kills more than cocaine. But they make whiskey, cocaine is made here,” he said

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Petro questioned international anti-drug policy and stated that the illegality of cocaine was imposed from outside. “They imposed it on us. Someone determined that this substance was illegal outside of Colombia,” said the Colombian president, in a new example of his line of discourse against the war on

drugs. In the

same message, Petro stated that he asked to move forward with the installation of fiber optics in prisons. “I have asked for optical fiber to reach the prison,” he said, defending connectivity for prisoners on the grounds that it could be used for education, work and resocialization processes. Then he finished off with another controversial phrase: “What world of justice are we in? ”.

The proposal generated strong criticism, especially since Colombia continues to be beset by drug trafficking, insecurity and the presence of criminal structures that operate even from prisons. For its detractors, bringing the Internet to prisons can open a dangerous door in a country where criminal organizations have already demonstrated great capacity to coordinate their crimes.