Red Alert: Evidence of Sen. Bernie Moreno’s Illegal Intervention in Colombia’s Elections

Senator Moreno arrived in Colombia today as part of a broader US delegation formally accredited to observe Sunday’s presidential election.

The terms of that accreditation are unambiguous. The Consejo Nacional Electoral — including but not limited to its Resolución 09458 of 2025 — requires that all internationally accredited observers refrain from any “demonstration in favor of or against parties, movements or candidates.”

The law stipulates clearly that observers are prohibited from engaging in activities of “party-political character”, risking permanent expulsion from the country if they are found to have done so.

Senator Moreno appears to have already violated these laws. According to multiple Colombian and international media reports published today, Senator Moreno has planned a meeting with the two leading right-wing presidential candidates — Paloma Valencia and Abelardo de la Espriella — with the explicit purpose of facilitating their political rapprochement ahead of a possible runoff against the Pacto Histórico on June 21.

This constitutes an active political intervention in the electoral process by a foreign national operating under the cover of an observer mandate.

The intervention follows a pattern that pre-dates the arrival of the US delegation. Senator Moreno is a member of the Republican Party with documented personal ties to Colombia’s conservative elite — and a public record of hostility toward the Petro government.

His team brought to the White House a document — captured in photographs and reported by NBC News — bearing AI-produced images of President Petro in a prison jumpsuit, alongside proposals for US sanctions against Petro and his family. Those sanctions were subsequently imposed.

Moreno’s recent statements and planned interventions make clear that he is not an impartial observer. He is an operative — and his credentials risk the destabilization of the country’s democratic institutions.

The Observatory calls on the Consejo Nacional Electoral to investigate Senator Moreno’s conduct — and to revoke his accreditation should the reported meeting be confirmed.

The integrity of Sunday’s vote depends on the equal application of Colombia’s electoral laws — to all observers, regardless of the country they represent.