Armando Benedetti, former Colombian ambassador to Venezuela He mentioned the withdrawal of his US visa this Saturday by US officials and said that “US visa has been revoked for ‘passport misuse’, according to a critical source.”
In his Twitter account, he retracted that version and assured that he had traveled to the United States. To meet high dignitaries of the North American state.
Although Benedetti assured on Friday night that he had not been informed, The United States Department of State must have already informed him of the cancellation of the visa For alleged misuse of diplomatic passport.
This is the second time the US has revoked Benedetti’s visa. The first occasion was in December 2017, When the Attorney General’s Office sent copies to the Supreme Court of Justice for his alleged involvement in the Odebrecht corruption case.
This position has been added to the recent pronouncement by the Supreme Court since the unit He asked the prosecutor to investigate, presented before the court Gabriel Ramon James Duran, to close the investigation against Benedetti. This need was created for the National Commission for Judicial Discipline.
The government’s departure of the then diplomat has also been linked with that of former chief of staff Laura Sarabia. after the chuzada scandal‘ To Marelbis Maja, the maidservant of Serbia.
US Visa: According to an important source, the US visa has been canceled for “misuse of passport”. What is unknown is that whenever I have visited the United States, I have met high-ranking dignitaries there.
— Armando Benedetti (@AABnedetti) June 3, 2023
