Colombian ambassador to FAO, Armando Benedetti, He assured, this Thursday, August 1, that he has not received “no notification“to appear before the Foreign Ministry in Bogotá after His wife, Adelina Guerrero, reported that she was the victim of an alleged sexist attack during a trip to Madrid.
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“To this day, at this time, I have not received any notification, either verbally, or in writing, or through any official channel, to appear in Bogotá.“, wrote Benedetti in a message on his X account.
As of today, at this time, I have not received any notification, either verbally, in writing, or through any official channel, asking me to appear in Bogotá. As always, I will be willing to face and respond to any authority that requires it. It seems like a good scenario for me…
— Armando Benedetti (@AABenedetti) August 1, 2024
According to Guerrero’s complaint, confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The attack occurred on June 30 in the Spanish capital.
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Spanish authorities were informed of a possible verbal assault by Benedetti against his wife in a private residence in Madrid that “It could have escalated into a physical assault, although witnesses present prevented this from happening.“.
“As always, I will be willing to face and answer to any authority that requires it. It seems to me a good scenario to answer for everything that has been said and prove my innocence.“, the ambassador added on Thursday.
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And he concluded: “As an old friend of mine used to say, you should always defend yourself from your friends and not from your enemies.“.
Benedetti was One of President Gustavo Petro’s greatest supporters during his election campaign and that’s why he was appointed ambassador to Caracas in September 2022, but resigned in June 2023 after being involved in an illegal wiretapping scandal in the presidential cabinet.
In February 2024, he was appointed ambassador to the FAO, For this reason, the Government reopened this mission that had been closed since 1999, a designation that was denounced by the Diplomatic Association.for alleged irregularities that contravene the principles of our organization“.
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Benedetti has four open court cases, One of them is an investigation into possible illegal financing of Petro’s campaign.
EFE
