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Deicy Jiménez Alleges Sex-for-Contracts Network Under Petro
By The City Paper Staff（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/author/the-city-paper-staff/）
- October 26, 2026
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Enhanced screenshot of Deicy Jiménez during her testimony with Semana. Photo: Semana/AI
Photographs of cash, suspected drugs and clothing, alongside reported government contracts worth more than COP$100 million, have intensified allegations that public resources were used to facilitate Petro’s private encounters. The ex-President denies exchanging contracts for intimate favours.
The allegations surrounding Gustavo Petro’s presidency have taken a disturbing turn. A young woman, identified as Deicy Jiménez, has come forward in an extensive interview with Semana , alleging that the former Colombian president used government contracts to maintain intimate relationships with young women. Her testimony includes photographs, screenshots of conversations and a list of contracts associated with several public institutions.
Taken together with earlier allegations concerning the Casa de Nariño and the possible instrumentalization of women employed through public-service contracts, the interview raises key questions about the excesses of presidential power, a sordid personal conduct and misuse of taxpayers’ money.
Jiménez, 26, told Semana president Vicky Dávila that she had an intimate relationship with Petro and that contracts followed. The magazine subsequently reported that it had verified contracts in her name associated with the Congress of the Republic, Ministry of the Interior (under Armando Benedetti), and Superintendency of Private Security and Surveillance. The reported total handed over to Jiménez exceeds COP$100 million, or US$36,000.
Petro has denied the central allegation, stating: “I have never awarded a contract in exchange for sexual relations.” But a paper trail identified by Semana gives judicial investigators a solid starting point.
The Witness
Jiménez told Dávila that she contacted Semana because she disagreed with what she described as an abuse of power during Petro’s administration. “I disagree with the abuse of power that took place during Gustavo Petro’s government; he used young women for his own personal benefit in exchange for contracts.” When Dávila asked directly whether she had slept with Petro in exchange for contracts, Jiménez answered: “Yes, of course.”
She alleges that the arrangements extended beyond her own experience, claiming that numerous other women had contracts and accompanied the former president to parties or private gatherings. She estimated that between 30 and 40 women might have been involved in similar circumstances.
Her estimate overlaps with a separate set of allegations raised by Carlos Ríos, director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency, or DAPRE, who has referred to 48 women allegedly instrumentalized through service contracts.
Even though the two accounts come from different sources – and require independent corroboration – their convergence, however, shows that contracts were obtained to mislead potential investigations.
The photographs
Among the most striking elements of the Semana investigation are photographs supplied by Jiménez.
One image appears to show cash alongside small paper packets that she identifies as containing drugs. According to her account, the money and suspected cocaine belonged to Petro. Other photographs show clothing that she says belonged to the former president, including a checked red/white shirt that Semana linked to a garment he had worn publicly during the investiture of Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo on May 21, 2024.
The photographs are disturbing in the context of her testimony. The image of cash strewn on a bed, the alleged contents of cocaine envelopes and clothing resembling an individual’s garments does not independently prove who wore them or how the photograph was taken. But what does matter, is that these images can be authenticated, dated and corroborated against other evidence, including the reported conversations and the witness’s account of the encounters.
Jiménez has said that she fears retaliation following her decision to speak publicly. “I know that once Gustavo sees this, he will want to hurt me.”
According to the Semana report, one of the congressional contracts was associated with the Historic Pact’s congresswoman María José Pizarro, although it said the precise contractual connection still required verification. That distinction is essential: the existence of a contract linked to an office or an official does not establish that the official knew of, facilitated or participated in any alleged improper arrangement. “He began helping me with contracts; he never gave me money,” emphasized Jiménez.
The woman’s statement captures a central allegation: that access to public employment, rather than direct cash payments, was used as compensation.