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Ex-Colombian president Álvaro Uribe guilty of witness-tampering
COLOMBIA, JUL 29 – Uribe was convicted for attempting to influence witnesses in a case about his alleged paramilitary ties, facing up to 12 years in prison in Colombia's first ex-president criminal conviction.
- On Monday, a Colombian court convicted former President Álvaro Uribe Velez of witness tampering and procedural fraud, making him the first ex-head of state to be convicted at trial.
- The case centers on allegations that Uribe and his team, including Diego Cadena, tried to manipulate Juan Guillermo Monsalve to retract testimony after Iván Cepeda's accusations, leading to the probe's origins.
- During the trial, Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia spent nearly ten hours deliberating and stated `Justice does not kneel before power` as she endorsed Monsalve as a witness, citing maneuvers to achieve his retraction.
- The judge is expected to hand down a sentence on Friday, August 1, with prosecutors requesting nine years in prison and the Attorney General's Office seeking house arrest for Álvaro Uribe Velez.
- Uribe’s allies face political shifts less than a year before Colombia’s 2026 presidential election, amid a ruling on alleged witness tampering and procedural fraud.
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With his iron fist against the guerrillas, former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe amassed a bullet-proof popularity. But a historic conviction dents the right-wing leader questioned for his alleged links with paramilitaries. The politician who ruled the country between 2002 and 2010 was found guilty of bribing witnesses to testify in his favor about his participation in these ultra-right squadrons. He is the country’s first former president con…
The former conservative head of state was sentenced on Monday 28 July for suborning witnesses and fraud, risking 12 years in prison. The result of a lengthy judicial procedure, which saw the country tear itself apart between supporters of a "pacifier" with the "firm hand" and opponents of a "mafia murderer".
The trial at the former president of Colombia Alvaro Uribe Vélez enters a new phase. On Monday, July 28, Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia declared Uribe, the most powerful man of the extreme right of Colombia in recent decades, responsible for having corrupt witnesses to lie in his favor in a separate investigation on his alleged ties with extreme right-wing paramilitary groups, responsible for human rights violations. The judge considered the forme…
Former Colombian President found guilty of corruption
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was found guilty of corruption in a trial that could worsen already fraying ties between Bogotá and Washington.Uribe — who remains a towering figure in Latin America — was convicted of bribing a witness who alleged the former president masterminded a paramilitary group three decades ago, and faces up to 12 years in prison. He said he would appeal. The case has implications for Colombia’s relations with the…
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