Álvaro Uribe's Defense Formally Filed the Appeal Against His 12-Year Prison Sentence

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The appeal, of more than 900 pages, seeks to revoke the sentence for bribery and procedural fraud, alleging errors of fact and law in the judgement of first instance

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Through a document of more than 900 pages, the defense of former President Alvaro Uribe presented to the High Court of Bogotá the appeal with which he seeks to distort the sentence against him, for the crimes of bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud. What the lawyers Jaime Granados and Jaime Lombana intend to prove is that the former president was not the architect of an operation to deceive the justice system, through third parti…

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With an appeal of 904 pages, the lawyers of the ex-mandatario intend to refute and reverse the decision of 1,114 pages handed down by Judge 44 of the Bogotá criminal circuit, Sandra Liliana Heredia Aranda. With the document the defense pretends that Álvaro Uribe Vélez is acquitted of the bribery crimes in criminal proceedings and [...] La entrada Defensa de Álvaro Uribe Vélez radió appeal to the Superior Court of Bogotá aparece primero en Vivir …

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In the appeal, of 904 pages, the criminalists Jaime Granados and Jaime Lombana requested the court to "revoke partially" the conviction against the ex-mandatario. COLOMBIA.- The defense of former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) presented this Wednesday to the High Court of Bogotá an appeal against the first instance sentence that sentenced him to twelve years of home imprisonment, alleging political bias and violation of procedural …

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Álvaro Uribe was sentenced to twelve years in house imprisonment for bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud.

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The defense of the influential former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez appealed on Wednesday the conviction of first instance against him for the crimes of bribery witnesses and procedural fraud, after the unprecedented ruling in the South American country against an ex-mandator.