Gustavo Petro’s son is given asylum in Canada Why did he leave the country?

Mary Luz Herrán, Gustavo Petro’s ex-partner, wrote a message on Twitter that has moved many. In this, he shows the impact that the polarization that the country is experiencing on the families of political leaders. “The first tears of the year. I just spoke with my son Andrés Gustavo Petro, he has been granted political asylum in Canada. I don’t know why it has to be this way. This country hurts and especially having to accept that the children leave to be safe ”. Andrés Gustavo is Petro’s eldest son and has lived in Canada for a couple of years due to the difficult security situation and the harassment of his father and family. In 2011 he was the victim of an attack. And for some time he had been processing the asylum that was finally granted to him a few days ago. Last year, a brother of the senator received death threats. A message arrived at his house in which they told him that he could be assassinated because he was a relative of the head of Colombia Humana. Gustavo Petro has always said that his political life has caused him a lot of personal pain and that he has several family members in exile.