Petro: Colombian Military Loses Millions of Bullets
Petro: Colombian militaryMilitary losesLoses millionsMillions of bullets due to corruption, says presidentBullets
The Spin
Corruption is a sickness that has crept across Colombia's military. Some military officers sell state property to international arms traffickers for personal gain, so fueling the illegal market. Weapons that, in the wrong hands, may harm and kill Colombian troops or destroy countries like Haiti. Inspections will continue until the entire extent of this criminal conduct is identified and shut down.
Petro is a controversial president, a leftist, and a former member of the M-19 rebel organization. Who is he to talk about military corruption when several members of his family have either been indicted, like his son, or will be charged shortly, like his brother, for accepting payments from drug traffickers in exchange for judicial privileges from the Petro administration? Halfway through his four-year term, President Petro has some convincing to do to persuade people that he can restore peace to this war-
Metaculus Prediction
There is a 10% chance there will be a civil war in Colombia before 2036, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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