Criminal Lawyer Asserts the Need for Evidence in Nicolas Petro’s Case

In dialogue with RCN Radio, criminal lawyer Stewing Arteaga Padilla, lawyer for Nicolas Petroassured that what was said by his client in the interrogations, which are already circulating in the media, is information that must be proven in court or otherwise it remains without any probative value.

“To be firm, this so-called collaboration had to be submitted to a judge for endorsement, but if that principle of opportunity has already fallen, those conversations must be tested and demonstrated if they are not left without any basis and “The fact that they are leaked and made known to the media or other channels has no evidentiary value,” said the lawyer.

Likewise, he clarified that that information in the middle of the process, that is, in court, there must be the corresponding evidence that makes them responsible of their participation in what is being investigated.

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“We are prepared, due to the fact that the Prosecutor’s Office announces hundreds of pieces of evidence, that does not mean anything because all the evidence they present must be evaluated before the judge of knowledge and must be subject to the principle of contradiction, then as a defense we will be able to dispute everything that exists against Nicolás Petro”said attorney Stewing.

Although, for the lawyers it is clear that the Prosecutor’s Office says that it has the arguments and evidence because being summoned to an oral trial is because it is expected that the investigations have truly evidentiary material.

However, given the different revelations that have been made regarding the leak of Petro’s interrogation, his defense announced that the process would be brought at the request of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), since as representatives they demand loyalty and equality in the use of legal weapons by the Prosecutor’s Office against Nicolás Petro.

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Finally, criminal lawyer Stewing Arteaga Padilla clarified that “trust has been lost between the parties, and although it has never been said that we are closed to a negotiation or a rapprochement, “If it is clear that in practice it will be difficult because there have been different leaks that affect the process.”