Colombian President Gustavo Petro has filed a lawsuit against former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva, accusing him of conspiring to overthrow the government through a coordinated campaign involving foreign actors. teleSUR
00:00Colombian President Gustavo Petro filed a complaint with the Attorney General's Office against former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva for an alleged coup plot to remove him from office.
00:09The legal recourse presented before the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic refers that the conducts of the former Foreign Minister violate the fundamental principles of the Constitution,
00:18which aims to protect the popular sovereignty and democratic stability.
00:21Leyva's alleged plan to overthrow Petro was revealed on Sunday by the newspaper El País, which published audios in which the former Foreign Minister claims to have met two months ago in the United States with Congressman Mario Díaz-Balard
00:34in an attempt to approach the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and to exert international pressure against Petro.
