President Gustavo Petro’s comments have once again been criticized by various sectors in the country.
On this occasion, they referred to his speech at the Act of Pardon for Extermination of the Patriotic Union (UP), in which he spoke about an alleged plan by the US government to be arrested and brought before the judicial authorities of the North American country.
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“They are putting us in magazines in orange suits. We went through a peace process from the Constituent Assembly, they killed the entire left-wing party, and those of us who survived (…) do not want this popular alternative to disappear and win elections again in 2026. And they want to do it with violence.”the president said in his speech.
The head of state then said: “I would rather die fighting in the streets than be a prisoner of a foreign country.” It has nothing to do with what people think. ”
This last phrase caused a stir on social networks, as some users remembered similar words said by the deceased drug trafficker Pablo Escobar Gaviria.
“We prefer Colombian graves to US prisons” was the motto of Los Extraditables, a defunct group that demonstrated against extradition to the US territory in the 1980s.
In light of this, internet users wondered if Colombia’s current president would repeat the words said by the leader of the Medellin cartel.
“I prefer Colombian tombs to American dungeons. Where have I heard that before?” “If Pablo Escobar were alive, he would sue Petro for copyright.” “Pablo Escobar couldn’t defend that theory very well.” “The spirit of Pablito is here…”
Even former Senate President Ernesto Macias said, “The similarities with the ideas of Pablo Escobar are not just a coincidence.” The drug lord at the time said, “I prefer a Colombian grave to a prison cell in the United States.”
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