00:00Also on Monday, Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti announced that he will file charges for usurpation of functions against the mayors who travel to the United States with a political agenda.
00:09Minister Benedetti stated that Mayors Federico Gutierrez of Medellin and Alejandro Eder of Cali usurped the functions of the President of the Republic as the agenda they are taking to the United States involves areas that are the exclusive competence of the head of state.
00:23Local authorities said that initially the mayors of Bogota, Cartagena and Barranquilla were also traveling, but they withdrew for various reasons.
00:31The Interior Ministry confirmed that foreign relations, public order and national security issues are the exclusive responsibility of the Colombian President.
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