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Westcol Was Not Arrested for Interviewing Petro, Recording Content on La Picota

Summary by La Silla Vacía
On social networks they say that the streamer Luis Villa, known as Westcol, was arrested “for asking President Petro uncomfortable questions” in his recent interview (1, 2 and 3). But it is false. Westcol entered La Picota prison in Bogotá, to record content with permission from the Colombian authorities. The Detector of Lies conducted an Internet search using keywords such as “Westcol”, “arrest” and “cárcel”, and found a video published on the …
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On social networks they say that the streamer Luis Villa, known as Westcol, was arrested “for asking President Petro uncomfortable questions” in his recent interview (1, 2 and 3). But it is false. Westcol entered La Picota prison in Bogotá, to record content with permission from the Colombian authorities. The Detector of Lies conducted an Internet search using keywords such as “Westcol”, “arrest” and “cárcel”, and found a video published on the …

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La Silla Vacía broke the news in on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
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