Colombia's AG Probes Ex-President Uribe over Paramilitaries
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Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) said Thursday that the Prosecutor's Office called him to investigate the investigations carried out by that body into the massacres of La Granja and El Aro, perpetrated 30 years ago in the department of Antioquia (northwest) by paramilitaries.
Justice also investigates the ex-mandatario for his alleged responsibility for the murder of human rights defender Jesús María Valle and for the formation of a paramilitary group in the municipality of San Roque
Colombia's prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe's links to armed groups during his time in power. Uribe was president from 2002 to 2010 and before that, a regional governor. Leftist rebel forces, rightist armed groups and the military fought each other for decades, committing a variety of atrocities. Uribe has always denied any links to such groups. His brother led one of them. Pro…
Alvaro Uribe is called to inquire about the massacres of La Granja and El Aro Agencia Period... Thu, 18/06/2026 - 20:16 The Prosecutor's Office cited the former president for these two events, attributed to paramilitaries in the 1990s.
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