Former prosecutor in the Nicolás Petro case denounced that she was pressured by Luz Adriana Camargo to drop the money laundering charge: “I didn’t listen.”

Lucy Laborde, a former prosecutor previously assigned to the legal case against Nicolás Petro Burgos, has publicly alleged that she faced direct pressure from Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo to alter the charges against the defendant. According to the disclosures, Laborde was asked to remove the specific charge of money laundering from the formal indictment. The former prosecutor stated that she refused to comply with these directives, asserting that she did not follow the alleged request.

The allegations have drawn a public response from President Gustavo Petro, addressing the claims made by the former prosecutor regarding the handling of his son's legal proceedings. The situation centers on the procedural integrity of the charges brought in the high-profile case involving Nicolás Petro, specifically concerning whether financial crimes like money laundering would remain part of the judicial process.