US EditionColombian court strikes down former president's bribery conviction
- On Tuesday, the appeals court in Colombia overturned Álvaro Uribe's conviction for bribery and witness tampering, reversing a high-profile verdict that gripped Colombia.
- Allegations center on prosecutors claiming Álvaro Uribe, former president of Colombia , ordered a lawyer to bribe jailed paramilitaries amid a truth commission estimate of more than 450,000 deaths .
- After a nearly six-month trial, Álvaro Uribe, former president of Colombia , was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in house arrest earlier this year, but Uribe's lawyers contested the evidence's validity and argued his responsibility was not "unequivocally" proven.
- The court will still decide on Uribe's sentence status, prosecutors can appeal Tuesday's ruling to Colombia's Supreme Court, while victims' appeals remain unclear.
- The ruling reshapes Álvaro Uribe, former president of Colombia , amid U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's claim of judicial `weaponization` and President Gustavo Petro's call for respect for judicial independence.
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Judicial coup in Colombia: the historic conviction of former President Alvaro Uribe was annulled on Tuesday by the Bogotá Superior Court. At first instance, the former Head of State had received 12 years in prison for suborning witnesses and procedural fraud. However, on appeal, the court acquitted him. Senator Iván Cepeda, who was the civil party in this case, has already announced that he will apply for cassation.
Former President Uribe, Acquitted of All Charges in His Trial - Latino-News - the Hispanic Newspaper
October 21, 2025 – Bogotá – EFE. A Colombian court has revoked the previous conviction and declared innocent former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who ruled the country between 2002 and 2010. The decision absolves the ex-mandator of the charges of bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud, crimes for which a judge had sentenced him in the first instance to serve twelve years in prison under house arrest. The defense of the right-wing p…
Colombian court overturns witness tampering conviction of ex-president Uribe
BOGOTA, Oct 22 — A Colombian court on Tuesday overturned the witness tampering conviction of influential ex-president Alvaro Uribe, who had been sentenced to 12 years’ house arrest in a decision condemned by the United States.The 73-year-old, who led a relentless military campaign against drug cartels and leftist guerrillas as president from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty in August of asking right-wing paramilitaries to lie about their alleged l…
Colombia court overturns former president Uribe’s witness tampering conviction
A Colombian court on Tuesday overturned the witness-tampering conviction of former president Álvaro Uribe, scrapping a 12-year house arrest sentence that had drawn US criticism. Uribe, 73, was convicted in August of pressuring paramilitaries to deny links to him, marking the first criminal conviction of a Colombian ex-president.
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