Celeste Amarilla, a national deputy for the PLRA, was invited to participate in the program Conclusions on the international chain CNN. The broadcast occurred around 10 p.m. on Wednesday.
However, the legislator was censored after linking Horacio Cartes, former president of the Republic, to the attack that killed Marcelo Pecci, prosecutor of the unit to fight organized crime in Colombia. The incident occurred last Tuesday morning on the private beach of Barú, in the city of Cartagena.
At one point, the legislator began to link Horacio Cartes, former president of the Republic, with organized crime, to which the driver, Fernando del Rincón, decided to censor her, dismissing her abruptly.
“There is one thing I want to say under my responsibility regarding Mr. Horacio Cartes. There is a triangulation of death, which is drugs, cigarette smuggling and money laundering. The cigarette smuggling handled by Mr. Cartes uses the same drug route, it leaves Paraguay, goes to Aruba and then goes to Colombia and from there it is distributed to other points. They carry cigarettes from the Cartes company and drugs go along that same route, then the drug and the cigarette are sold in cash and that money has to be laundered and is laundered again in Paraguay, there is a study…”, Amarilla expressed when she was interrupted by the driver Fernando Del Rincon.
The 52-year-old Mexican journalist stated the following by way of excuse; “With all the responsibility, we were here to talk about the murder of Marcelo Pecci. Not for political campaigning. I know that it is his responsibility, but this space is also my responsibility. You are trying to link former President Cartes with the violence installed in Colombia and I cannot allow it. I know there are investigations against former President Cartes, but your statements linking him to the murder of a prosecutor, I cannot allow a deputy, I am very sorry, I have to fire you, because that was not what the interview was about, “said the journalist before to cut the note.
In the end she was contacted again but only for a friendlier goodbye. Amarilla spoke again about organized crime, but she no longer referred to Horacio Cartes.
CENSORSHIP
Celeste Amarilla published a twitter thread where she elaborated on the inconvenience of the international interview.
He recommended Rincón to learn a lot from the Paraguayan press. Since, in our country, there are no censorships.
“Although we have an imperfect democracy, you have a lot to learn from the Paraguayan press. They don’t censor us here, that’s why I’m not used to being told what to talk about. In my country no one shuts me up and you couldn’t either, you had to give in to my right to reply, “she said.
Also, he commented that, if he does not want to listen to her, he should never call her again.
“There are many parliamentarians who can talk about drug trafficking because it is their business and they would pay for an interview. I don’t need you, I have all the press I need in my country. And it’s a good press, nothing to do with you, “she concluded.
