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Former Colombian FM Reportedly Attempted To Meet With GOP Reps. As He Plotted a Coup Against President Petro

Former Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva (Credit: AFP)

Former Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva reportedly sought to meet with Republican Reps. as he sought U.S. support to topple President Gustavo Petro.

The lawmakers in question are Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Gimenez, according to the audios obtained by Spanish outlet El Pais. "I was in the U.S. with a guy who is in the front row: Mario Diaz-Balart. The Diaz-Balart are those behind the Secretary of State," Leyva says in one of the audios in reference to Marco Rubio.

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