A controversy arose when El Tiempo, the daily newspaper with the highest circulation in the country (and partially owned by President Juan Manuel Santos' family), posted a series of tweets regarding the news: 
Utata uliibuka pale ambapo El Tiempo, gazeti la kila siku lenye wasomaji wengi zaidi nchini humo (ambalo linamilikiwa kwa kiasi na familia ya Rais Juan Manuel Santos' ), lilipotuma mfululizo wa twita kuhusu habari hii: