«The existence of the devil is certain. I have seen it, I have perceived it,” said General Henry Sanabria in an interview with Semana magazine. The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said that he knows “of the general’s beliefs, but what we are trying to do is not affect the rules.”
The director of the Colombian police confessed that he and other members of the institution carried out exorcisms in their fight against crime and the persecution of capos like Pablo Escobar and high command of the guerrillas.
From his office surrounded by crucifixes, virgins and other Catholic symbols, General Henry Sanabria assured that prayer and exorcisms have helped the police face more than half a century of armed conflict.
The top chief of the institution used as an example the operations in which the cocaine baron Pablo Escobar (in 1993), the top leader of the FARC guerrilla, Alfonso Cano (in 2011) and his military chief, were killed. alias “Mono Jojoy” (in 2010), among others.
«The existence of the devil is certain. I have seen it, I have perceived it, “said Sanabria in an interview with Semana magazine in a conversation in which every time he used words alluding to the devil he crossed himself.
His statements full of biblical verses set fire to social networks, in a secular country with a Catholic tradition.
The general assured that criminals use “witchcraft” and recounted anecdotes in which a uniformed officer “shot while praying and killed” one of them.
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According to his account, during the massive protests against the government of Iván Duque, 34 demonstrators passed threateningly in front of him and a handful of police officers.
«I took out my crucifix and placed it on top (…) They pick up everything and leave. The policemen looked at me. They didn’t dare ask me what had happened,” he commented.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, reacted from Santo Domingo where he is participating in the Ibero-American Summit.
«We know about the general’s beliefs, but what we try is that those beliefs do not affect the rules, simple as that. I think he has been respectful, as far as we know,” said the president.
Sanabria also said he was against abortion, which is legal in Colombia until the 24th week, and the use of condoms “because it is an abortion method.”
Other of his statements have caused controversy: in October he assured that Halloween is a “satanic” party and on March 8, Women’s Day, he published a tweet that was described as macho.
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