Colombian presidential candidate Daniel Quintero He generated a new controversy after being declared an unpleasant person by the Congress of Peru. The decision was adopted unanimously after the raising of the Colombian flag that Quintero made in Santa Rosa Island, in the Loreto region, territory that belongs to Peru. However, far from moderating his position, Quintero responded with an insult to the Armed forces Peruvians, which he described as “piranhas.”
“It is an island that falls in the middle of the river to here. I did what any Colombian would do when they want When the Peruvian Army Pirañas passed To be able to do the intervention but we achieve it (raise the Colombian flag), “he said.
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This new quintero attack occurs in the middle of border tension between Colombia and Peru For Santa Rosa Island. In recent weeks, Gustavo Petro’s government He has starred in incidents that have increased bilateral friction, such as the overflow of a Colombian military plane in Peruvian territory and the preliminary detention of two topographs of his country, surprised making measurements on the island.
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At an audience, in which the Judicial Branch issued a preliminary detention for seven days against Colombian topographs, Carlos Fernando Sánchez Ortegon He apologized to the Peruvian people for their presence on Santa Rosa Island, and said that their work was purely technical, linked to a project to build a dock from Leticia. He stressed that neither Gustavo Petro nor Daniel Quintero has something to do with his work, and emphasized that “we are doing a lot of damage that politician they have there.”
In addition, Sanchez stressed that he had no knowledge of the Colombian flag raising on the island, made by Quintero, and pointed out that his only intention was to fulfill a professional and responsible commission. He also said that, having made some mistake, it was not to have processed the corresponding permits, and reiterated that he did not want to enter “that game of politicians” of his country.
