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When Colombians say that President Gustavo Petro made a “pact with the devil” to get elected, they are often thinking of his former campaign chief Armando Benedetti .
In the past two decades, Benedetti has crossed the entire spectrum of Colombian politics, while becoming entangled in a series of scandals, including accusations of vote buying, illegal campaign financing and illicit enrichment. Yet the leftist president has stood by him, even when giving Benedetti a cabinet post this year caused other ministers to quit rather than work with him.