US EditionÁlvaro Uribe, Former President of Colombia, Refuses Prescription of His Case by Bribery: 'Wrong and Unfair Conviction' - Global Happenings
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The former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, resigned on Monday from the prescription in October of the case against him for bribery and procedural fraud while his appeal to a 12-year home sentence is resolved. The popular right-wing ex-mandator (2002-2010) was given the maximum possible sentence in the first instance for attempting to bribe ex-paramilitars to disengage him from these violent anti-guerrilla squads. Before the resignation, the…
In a letter addressed to the Bogotá High Court, former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, sentenced in the first instance to 12 years in prison for the crimes of bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud in the case of witness manipulation, has waived his right to prescription. Without such a waiver, the file would be closed if by October 15 there was no second instance sentence, and the leader of the Colombian right could have been defini…
The ex-mandatario, investigated for the crimes of bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud, said that “he has never sought or wanted to benefit from the prescription of the criminal action.” His lawyer Jaime Granados ruled on this decision.
Date he prescribes the case of Álvaro Uribe Vélez, convicted of two crimes; the former president resigned that figure TuBarco Noticias The ex-mandatario awaits the decision of second instance. Noticias Colombia. The judicial process against former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez experienced a new turn this week. Although the case was close to prescribing on October 16, 2025, which meant the final closure of the file without a final sentence, the ex…
The former president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez resigned from the High Court of Bogotá from the statute of limitations of his criminal proceedings for offences of bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud. It is a legal action that establishes a time limit for litigation and determines that after a certain number of years the State cannot judge or punish someone because the criminal action “expired.”
In a measure that seeks to clear the doubts of a dilatory ruling, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez renounced the prescription of the criminal proceedings he faces for the crimes of bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud. SEE MORE: Why did they release former President Alvaro Uribe?The decision, set out in a brief presented to the Bogotá High Court, may represent a bet of the ex-mandator to face justice and prevent the case from c…
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