President Petro denied from the Casa de Nariño that illegal interceptions of magistrates of the Constitutional Court had been ordered.
The reaction came after a note from El Tiempo, where the alleged guidelines emerged directly from the Ministry of Communications and Technology, led by René Guarín, a former member of the M-19 who also worked in the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI).
The official demanded that the person pointing it out present the evidence to the country. “That there be the internal investigations that are necessary and that the general real assumption appears that claims to have evidence of my participation in those events,” Guarín declared to the aforementioned media, adding that these are “very serious events” that require transparency.
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The president was emphatic in rejecting any involvement of members of the Government in the alleged interceptions. “This is false, there is no order to interfere with magistrates’ communications. We are not breaking the law, we are not like previous governments,” he asserted.
It should be remembered that in 2024, several members of the Constitutional Court reported being victims of illegal interceptions and profiling, which raised concerns about the judicial independence and privacy of the country’s high courts.
This is false, there is no order to interfere with magistrates’ communications. We do not break the law, do not resemble previous governments. pic.twitter.com/q7ODYNtmy7
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) November 26, 2025
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