Colombia’s Outgoing President Blames Israeli Cyberfirm BlackCore In Manipulating Elections.

Bogota; July 2026: Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused Israeli cyber intelligence company BlackCore of executing a massive digital disinformation campaign to manipulate the outcome of the country’s recent presidential elections. Petro wrote on US social media platform X that BlackCore deployed hundreds of thousands of automated accounts to distort public perception in the run-up to the vote.

“BlackCore, the Israeli company, deployed 500,000 bots & fake profiles, in order to manipulate the Colombian electorate with millions of lies about Ivan and me”, Petro said. The accusation was made following a razor-thin victory by challenger Abelardo de la Espriella, a criminal defence attorney openly endorsed by US President Donald Trump. De la Espriella won the June 21 runoff election by a margin of less than 1% over the ruling party’s candidate, Ivan Cepeda.

Describing the alleged interference as “the hardest blow to national sovereignty since the Spanish reconquest”, Petro announced a week ago that he would refuse to recognise “the legitimacy of the incoming government”. The outgoing leader has subsequently called on his supporters to launch a nationwide mobilisation on July 20th.

The claims build on allegations made by Petro on the night of the runoff, when early counts began favouring De la Espriella. At the time, Petro asserted that the National Registry’s vote-counting software had been “compromised”, citing detected alterations in the IP addresses of several core government servers.

In response to the mounting fraud allegations, Colombia’s National Registry and the National Electoral Council (CNE) issued a joint statement confirming the total transparency and security of the vote counting software, explicitly denying any unauthorised modifications to government server IP addresses.

Their findings were backed by international electoral observation missions from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union, both of which validated the integrity of the June 21 runoff results and stated that no evidence of systemic digital manipulation or cyber interference was detected during the polling process.

The accusations against BlackCore follow an official report issued last month by France’s disinformation watchdog, Viginum. The French cybersecurity agency formally accused BlackCore of using hundreds of coordinated proxy accounts to target pro-Palestine figures and disrupt democratic processes worldwide.

While Petro condemned the election results, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly celebrated De la Espriella’s victory, signaling a major geopolitical realignment for Colombia. The Israeli Prime Minister has extended his congratulations on X, framing the victory as part of an expanding conservative alliance.

“Congratulations to President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. I look forward to working with you to strengthen the bond between Israel and Colombia. Israel’s friends continue to win. Long live the Isaac Agreements!” Netanyahu stated, referring to an effort to strengthen Israel’s ties with Latin American countries.

Earlier, on June 12th, Maverick News have reported that France’s disinformation detection service, Viginum, has detected that the Israeli BlackRock is suspected of interfering in France’s local elections in March this year, is also suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and ‌operating in Angola and Togo.

It was on June 12th Viginum chief Marc-Antoine Brillant said technical work had led the service to BlackCore. Viginum ​subsequently presented a detailed report on BlackCore’s alleged actions around the world. “This modus operandi was not limited to municipal elections in France”, Brillant said. “It also appears ​to have been used to carry out foreign digital interference operations in other countries or regions, such as Angola, Togo, the ⁠elections in Scotland, and the 2025 municipal election in New York”.

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