The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Álvaro Leyva, published an open letter revealing a concerning situation regarding the communist president Gustavo Petro, after the former official publicly stated that the president has a serious drug dependency.
In this context, Leyva mentioned the controversial incident that occurred in June 2023, when Petro traveled with his team and a group of journalists to the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact. However, before concluding the visit, the Presidency modified the official decree, extending the president's agenda by almost two more days.
In his letter, Álvaro Leyva stated that he was a direct witness to the situation and had to deal with the media pressure after the disappearance of the president, after he justified the extension of the trip by alleging a supposed meeting with an aeronautical company that never occurred. Later, it was revealed that the president's private agenda had been the real reason.
Almost two years after the incident, Leyva maintained that Petro was absent from the diplomatic mission due to his serious drug addiction, which would have led him to "seek them" in Paris.
"The memories I still have fresh of episodes that occurred with me as the first witness still cause me dismay and bewilderment. One of them, the occasion when you disappeared for two days in Paris during an official visit. As if French intelligence were incompetent enough not to have known your whereabouts," wrote the former minister.
He also explained that he had to handle the delicate situation with the French authorities and the national media to prevent the questions from spreading. He even insinuated that Petro might have been in a place of dubious reputation during his absence in the French capital.
