US EditionCourt rejects house arrest for Colombia ex-president Uribe during appeal
- A Bogota High Court ordered the release of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, revoking his 12-year house arrest sentence for bribery and procedural fraud, as he appealed the conviction.
- Uribe's defense team argued that the house arrest violated his rights to due process and freedom, which the court upheld.
- Uribe will remain free until his appeal regarding bribery and procedural fraud is decided.
- Uribe celebrated the decision on social media, stating he would dedicate every minute of his freedom to the freedom of Colombia.
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The Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Bogotá revoked the house arrest measure imposed on former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, after studying a tutelage filed by his defence. The decision to order provisional release for the former president comes after 18 days in which Uribe was detained on his farm in Rionegro, Antioquia, for the ruling of the first instance that sentenced him to 12 years of home imprisonment for the crimes of bribery in cr…
On Tuesday, 19 August, the Bogotá Superior Court lifted the house arrest imposed on the former Conservative Head of State in early August, a temporary decision pending his appeal judgement in October.
In Colombia, a court has provisionally dismissed former President Uribe from a twelve-year house arrest.
Bogotá court orders Uribe's release pending further appeals
A Bogota High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, thereby revoking Judge Sandra Heredia's 12-year house arrest sentence that Uribe had been serving after being found guilty of bribery and procedural fraud.
The High Court of the Judicial District of Bogotá ordered on Tuesday the immediate release of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), sentenced in the first instance to twelve years of home imprisonment for a bribery case, while the appeal to the sentence is decided at second instance. The Criminal Decision Chamber of the Court decided "to protect the fundamental right to individual liberty of citizen Álvaro Uribe Vélez" and annulle…
On Tuesday, 19 August, the Colombian courts lifted the house arrest of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who was sentenced at first instance for obstructing justice and suborning witnesses, pending his appeal.
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