US EditionColombia Court Orders Uribe to Be Freed as He Appeals His Sentence for Bribery & Fraud
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The former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, said on Wednesday that “we will quietly win” the elections of 2026, during his first public act after a court lifted the house arrest he had served since the beginning of August, when he was convicted of bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud. “We are going to win quietly (...) We are not going to say ‘outside’, we are going to say ‘inside democracy’,” he said in response to the chants of his fo…
Colombia Court Orders Uribe to be Freed as He Appeals His Sentence for Bribery & Fraud
The Superior Court of Bogotá ordered the immediate release of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010), who had been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for procedural fraud and bribery in a criminal case. The court announced this order on Tuesday, August 19, as the appeal filed by Uribe’s defense is being reviewed by the judiciary. The Criminal Decision Chamber of the Superior Court of Bogotá resolved an appeal in favor of Uribe, consi…
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez has dedicated his first hours of freedom to campaign politically against Gustavo Petro’s government. The ex-mandatario remained for almost two weeks on his estate El Capricho, in Rionegro, Antioquia, after Judge Sandra Heredia ordered him to execute immediately the 12-year sentence without liberty to which he sentenced him in the first instance, when he was found responsible for the crimes of bribery…
"We are going to win quietly (...) We are not going to say 'outside', we are going to say 'inside democracy'," he said in response to some followers who chanted "outside Petro" in allusion to the current Colombian president.
He took part in an election rally in the town of Sabaneta, near Medellín, where he gathered his followers shortly after receiving the ballot...
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) said this Wednesday, in his first public appearance after being released, that the right-wing opposition will win "quietly" and without aggression the elections of 2026 to "rescue" freedom and democracy in the country, according to EFE. "We are going to win quietly," Uribe said in the town of Sabaneta, near Medellín, where he gathered his followers shortly after receiving the release ticket, wh…
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