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Perez acknowledged that he has affection for former President Alvaro Uribe, but denied belonging to his political sector, claiming that he has been part of "an independent and popular matrix". /ArchivoIn the
midst of the controversy and discomfort that generated in the Petristas hosts a meeting of the former governor of Antioquia, Luis Perez, with figures of the so-called Historical Pact - which rightly leads Senator Gustavo Petro-, on Tuesday the also former mayor of Medellin referred to his participation in Operation Orion, a fact that has been harshly criticized by leftist sectors with a view to an eventual alliance
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In context: Fajardo, Petro and the discussion around Luis Perez in the Historic PactAs
is known, Perez was the mayor when, in 2002, the government of then-President Alvaro Uribe developed the military action in the Comuna 13 of the capital of Antioquia, in which disappearances, torture and killings by paramilitary groups and the security forces were reported. Precisely his participation in this operation has generated resistance in a sector of the Historical Pact.
The above, after Pérez's meeting with Isabel Cristina Zuleta, leader of the Ríos Vivos movement, candidate for the Senate for the left-wing coalition, as well as Fernando Henao, candidate for...