Former Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been accused of trapping and exploiting 48 women for presidential parties, with officials alleging they were hired "just to be with President Petro."

Carlos Andrés Ríos, director of Colombia’s Administrative Department of the Presidency (DAPRE), claimed Petro oversaw a system that used service contracts to "systematically" control and weaponize the women, channeling public salaries in exchange for intimate relationships.

"We are going to prove to the Colombian people how the Casa de Nariño was unfortunately set up, organized, and tailored for something completely different — not to govern, but to party there every single day, bring in women," Rios said during a congressional hearing last week.

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Petro issued a statement Sunday denying that he had used his public office to obtain sex.

"I have never given out a contract in exchange for sexual relations. I would vomit on myself if I ever did such a thing," Petro said in a post on X.

He argued that while his office provided state-funded aid programs for vulnerable women, he claimed that it is fundamentally different from giving contracts to individuals in exchange for sexual favors.

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"Helping poor women, female heads of households, and those engaged in sex work so that they have different life options — as I have demonstrated in public administration through concrete and funded programs — is something very different from giving out contracts in exchange for sexual relations. No person who has participated in those public programs will ever be able to say that I have done anything of the sort," he said.

Petro also acknowledged in the statement that he had occasionally visited establishments where sex work took place when he was young, saying he regretted the experiences and had stopped visiting such places decades ago.

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"When I was very young, I occasionally visited places where sex work was practiced. There, I experienced that paying for sex felt dirty to me, and I perceived the sadness of the men and women who attended those places. That is why I stopped visiting them decades ago," he said.

The accusations come amid broader criticism of Petro over alleged misuse of public funds, depletion of national budgets and drug trafficking. 

Petro has dismissed the allegations as politically motivated attacks by figures such as President Donald Trump and Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella.

"After attempting to portray me as corrupt and a drug trafficker — an intention expressed by people like Abelardo de la Espriella and Donald Trump, without being able to present a single piece of evidence of corruption or drug trafficking, because I have never stolen a single peso from the public treasury and I have fought for over two decades against drug traffickers, exposing their political ties," Petro said. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment. 

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Another day in France, another minor revealed to me the victim of forced prostitution. 

Five men are facing trial at the Rhône Assize Court from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2 on charges of aggravated pimping involving a 12-year-old girl, referred to by the pseudonym Louna. While the suspects are being prosecuted, none of her clients face charges.

Louna, a vulnerable out-of-school youth who was also the alleged victim of a gang rape at age 10, ran away twice in 2022. On June 17, 2022, she left a campsite in southern France where she was vacationing with her grandmother. Six days later, a client recognized her from a missing person flyer and notified authorities, writes Le Progres. 

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Police located Louna in a rundown apartment on Quai Gillet in Lyon’s 4th arrondissement, discovering physical injuries (bruises and knife cuts) and that she had cocaine in her bloodstream.

The minor told police that she was manipulated online by a 19-year-old named Moha, whom she believed was her boyfriend. Moha and three accomplices allegedly groomed her with promises of luxury items, coerced her into using cocaine, and managed her prostitution.

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Using the now-defunct website Coco, she was forced to see roughly 30 clients in a single week. The suspects threatened her with physical violence if she did not generate €500 to €1,000 a day, monitoring her actions closely.

This is just the latest in a slew of sex crime cases involving minors. Back in 2022, 12-year-old Lola Daviet was brutally raped and murdered in Paris by an Algerian woman, with the case possibly linked to a North African custom involving the killing of a White child with blonde hair.

Grooming gangs have also been on the rise. Child prostitution in France has risen by 43 percent over the past four years. French police are identifying “younger and younger girls” being trafficked.

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Matteo Salvini has secured another four-year term as the leader of Italy’s League party after winning the leadership election at an extraordinary party congress in Milan. Salvini defeated his challenger, Massimo Garavaglia, by a decisive 465 votes to 146.

During the congress, Salvini sharply criticized internal party dissent, targeting unnamed critics who had pressured local officials to boycott major party rallies, labeling their actions a “betrayal” of the League’s values, writes Il Giornale.

Last week, in the wake of the violent riots in Milan, Salvini had posted on X after an approved security decree: “More troops for Safe Streets, including 500 already in Milan, delayed arrests thanks to cameras, and greater powers for the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement,” he wrote, adding that the government will also seek to enact legislation for “the revocation of citizenship and residence permits for adults who commit crimes, and the impossibility of obtaining citizenship for minors who deal drugs, loot, or vandalize.”

DA STASERA È LEGGE! Più militari per Strade Sicure, di cui 500 già a Milano, arresto in differita grazie alle telecamere e più poteri alle Forze Armate e alle Forze dell’Ordine. E poi avanti, in prospettiva, con la revoca della cittadinanza e del permesso di soggiorno ai maggiorenni che commettono reati e con l’impossibilità di ottenere la cittadinanza per i minorenni che spacciano, saccheggiano o devastano. Chi sbaglia paga. Perché chi devasta una vetrina o aggredisce una commessa non è un rivoluzionario: È UN COGLIONE.

— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) October 20, 2026

Looking ahead to upcoming elections, he declared that the party’s focus must remain firmly on “identity, autonomy, and federalism,” asserting that the League would not settle for simply being a minor partner in a center-right coalition.

In his pre-election address, Salvini had also staked out a hardline foreign policy stance, demanding an immediate halt to Italian financial and military aid to Ukraine. He announced that his re-election gives him a direct mandate to challenge the current government coalition on this issue, going as far as to question whether funds sent to Kyiv were being misdirected by corrupt officials close to President Zelensky.

Declaring a firm “No” to a European army, Salvini told those gathered, “We will defend our borders ourselves.”

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offered her congratulations to Salvini on his reelection. “Let us continue to work together, with responsibility and determination, in the interest of Italy,” she posted to X.

Congratulazioni a @matteosalvinimi per la riconferma alla guida della Lega. A lui e a tutta la comunità del partito i miei auguri di buon lavoro. Continuiamo a lavorare insieme, con responsabilità e determinazione, nell’interesse dell’Italia.

— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) October 25, 2026

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Prosecutors in Japan have filed formal charges against a US marine suspected of murdering and robbing a woman while stationed on the country’s island of Okinawa, according to Japanese media.

Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old lance corporal assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, is charged with fatally strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the city and stealing from her a backpack containing a wallet, the public broadcaster NHK reported.

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A PSP identificou e constituiu arguido uma mulher, de 39 anos, suspeita de ter furtado fios, anéis e brincos de uma residência em Viana do Castelo, foi hoje anunciado.

Em comunicado, o Comando Distrital de Viana do Castelo explica que, na sexta-feira, na freguesia de Deão, “no decurso de uma busca domiciliária, procedeu-se à identificação e constituição como arguida de uma mulher de 39 anos, residente no concelho”.

“Da diligência policial resultou a apreensão de diversos artigos em ouro (nomeadamente fios, anéis e brincos), que haviam sido subtraídos do interior de uma residência na cidade de Viana do Castelo”, conclui a PSP.

O conteúdo Mulher suspeita de roubar fios, anéis e brincos de ouro de uma casa em Viana do Castelo aparece primeiro em O MINHO.

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“Prima che Denise fosse rapita, avevamo avuto ritorsioni e minacce, è tutto documentato nero su bianco, l’ho raccontato agli inquirenti”: sono le parole della madre di Denise Pipitone, Piera Maggio, ospite ieri di “Verissimo”. La madre della bimba rapita ad appena quattro anni il primo settembre del 2004 a Mazara del Vallo (in provincia di Trapani) ha ripercorso questi 22 anni di ricerche, insieme alla conduttrice Silvia Toffanin. Proprio oggi Denise compie 26 anni ma ecco le clamorose parole della Maggio che ieri ha espresso chiaramente la sua idea sulla sorte di sua figlia.

La Maggio ha rivissuto ieri quegli strani giorni che precedettero il sequestro della figlia, prelevata mentre giocava col cuginetto davanti casa della nonna. “Due giorni prima del sequestro ebbi come un presagio, accadde una cosa strana. Eravamo di ritorno da un matrimonio e mentre stavamo rientrando, Denise era in auto nel seggiolone, ebbi come un flash: sentii qualcosa di strano e spaventoso nei suoi confronti. Mi girai a guardarla, si era appisolata. Poi è successo quello che è successo”. Questi timori non erano casuali ma frutto di paure legate a minacce nei giorni precedenti il sequestro. “Ho avuto sia minacce che ritorsioni. Quando faccio dei nomi è perché le ho subite. Nel processo di primo grado se ne è parlato tantissimo”, spiega la madre di Denise. Il processo vide come imputata l’allora 17enne Jessica Pulizzi, una delle figlie avute da Pietro Pulizzi: il padre biologico di Denise. L’uomo all’epoca era sposato con Anna Corona a cui l’uomo nascose l’esistenza di Denise. Quando la piccola scomparve, anche Piera Maggio era sposata con il padre all’anagrafe della piccola, Tony Pipitone. Jessica Pulizzi, accusata del sequestro di Denise dai giudici, fu scagionata e assolta per insufficienza di prove. Ieri, la Maggio è tornata sul processo: “Il movente c’era. La Corte di Cassazione lo ha riconosciuto, ovviamente per insufficienza di prove c’è stata l’assoluzione. Il movente qual era? Gelosia nei miei confronti. Ho subito una serie di azioni: mi squarciarono le ruote dell’auto. Fui pedinata. C’erano persone che passavano sotto casa mia 20, 30 volte al giorno con qualsiasi mezzo, ogni giorno e a qualsiasi ora. Mi si accostavano alla macchina fissando la bambina dietro. Per amore di Pietro non ho presentato denuncia: questa è l’unica cosa di cui mi pento”.

L'articolo “Due giorni prima del sequestro ebbi un presagio, sentii qualcosa di strano e spaventoso nei suoi confronti. Mi squarciarono le ruote dell’auto, fui pedinata”: così Piera Maggio a Verissimo proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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