A tweet from presidential candidate Gustavo Petro generated a tough interaction on social media between the presidential candidate who is running for the first position of the nation under the Historic Pact and the commander of the Army, General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro. https://www.larepublica.co/gustavo-petro declared that a number of (generally) officers were "on the payroll of the Clan."

"While soldiers are being murdered by the Gulf Clan, some of the generals are on the Clan's payroll. https://www.semana.com/semana-tv/vicky-en-semana/articulo/me-preocu... has been corrupted by the politicians of the drug trafficking industry are the.that eventually ascend to the generals"" Gustavo Petro said on social networks.

General Zapateiro's response

This message generated the response of the Army commander, who in six trills questioned the presidential candidate for his comments.


General Zapateiro said that "no one is more hurt than those who wear camouflage, and their families and the country they live in however, their ultimate sacrifice for their country should never be used as a part of political campaign narratives."

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In another message the senior officer spoke about the number of soldiers killed in recent times. "Since https://www.grupoenergiadebogota.com/content/download/5967/88919/fi... than 500 military personnel have been injured and killed during the fulfillment of the mission. The sacrifice of these soldiers was invisible, there was no announcement. It's fascinating that the death of heroes of the homeland now causes affliction, and it is used for other indications.

Gustavo Petro , an army commander, asked to Gustavo Petro inform the authorities if he knows anything about generals who have links to groups that are not law-abiding.

"Senator. It is not advisable to use your oath ("parliamentary inviolability") to attempt to use the death of our soldiers to make a political statement. Instead fulfill your citizen responsibility of making a substantiated complain to the

@FiscaliaCol the facts you mentioned the facts you mentioned, regardless of who"" the general you mentioned.

He also added a third trill. " http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senadores/53-senadores-2018-2022... remind the senator that you are part of a group which you can't denounce as 'drug trafficking political figures'. As a citizen, I recommend to not simply generalize. Respect first and most important"

The official's message that was the most high-ranking official that generated the most controversy was the one that said that Colombians had seen the president of the moment receiving money in the form of a bag.

"I have never witnessed a general receiving ill-gotten cash on television." General Zapateiro said that Colombians were familiar with the practice of receiving money from garbage bags.

In conclusion the official's remarks, he said "to this oldest institution of the country, whose members have unconditionally safeguarded the democratic principles of the nation for over 200 years, even risking their own lives" and called for respect.