President Gustavo Petro attacked those from social networks and media sectors who questioned the identity of the minor who appeared in a video with the First Lady, Veronica Alcocer, in Stockholm, Sweden.
The president described as “treacherous” the insinuation that the young woman was not his daughter, Antonella, and denounced the existence of persecution that, according to him, extends even to minors.
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The Head of State responded firmly through his social networks to the accusations indicating that the minor who appeared in the photos is not his daughter.
He wrote in his letter: “To doubt that the one in the photo is not my youngest daughter, Antonella, who I sent so she could see her mother, is simply treason. I do not believe that Swedish laws allow this persecution of minors, let alone Colombian laws.”.
The president emphasized that Swedish and Colombian regulations protect children, and warned that these insinuations, in addition to being unfounded, put his daughter’s safety at risk.
Pietro’s statement came after Luz Maria Sierra, director ColombianHe posted a message on his X account asking about the identity of the minor who appears in the video recorded by Swedish journalists.
Sierra wrote: “Could Veronica Alcocer be with her daughter? Or is she a friend?” Because she looks like her daughter (later in the video he hugs her from behind). “The information is important to find out whether Petro has once again lied to the country, playing the victim, in the drama of not being able to reunite his family.”
The post sparked widespread debate about the limits of public scrutiny and protection of minors amid political controversies.
Added to this exchange was the comment of one of X’s users, who denounced what she described as “sick media harassment” against the presidential family. Pietro responded to the said message with “Like”.
User stated: “What happened with Luz María Sierra truly transcends any limits. Turning the president’s family into the target of disgusting media harassment is not journalism: it is persecution.”
The discussion took place after a journalist from the Swedish newspaper He crosses She published photos in which First Lady Veronica Alcocer was seen leaving a building in Stockholm, accompanied by Catalan Manuel Grau and minor Sicon Antonella.
The recording appears amid the controversy surrounding Alcocer, after Petro stated that his wife is still “locked up” in Sweden because her name appeared on Clinton’s list, which the president bans from traveling.
Photos showed Alcocer leaving what some incorrectly referred to as a luxury store, something the president denied. Pietro confirmed that the building corresponds to the place where his daughter Antonella, who recently arrived from Bogotá, resides.
The president deepened his complaints and pointed out that his daughter had been subjected to surveillance since her departure from Colombia:
“My daughter, a minor, was followed from Colombia along her itinerary. At the airport she arrived at, they started following her to where her mother lives.”
He added that the photos are not related to a shopping trip, but rather to the place where the minor is temporarily staying. “In the videos recorded by Swedish journalists, my minor daughter appears. They were not leaving a luxury store, they were leaving the place where my youngest daughter, who had just arrived from Bogotá, was staying.”precise.
The Head of State concluded by warning against what he considers a campaign of harassment:
“This is how my family is being persecuted, even minors in a democratic country.”
As the controversy continues to escalate, the debate is now about the limits of journalism, the privacy of the children of public leaders, and the impact these confrontations can have in Colombia’s highly polarized political context.