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Alvaro Uribe to Seek Seat in Colombian Senate Despite Criminal Record - teleSUR English
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe (2002–2010), convicted in a high-profile bribery case, is once again seeking a seat in the Senate. His party, the right-wing Democratic Center, announced Wednesday that Uribe will occupy the 25th spot on its 2026 candidate list — if his ongoing judicial troubles don’t block him. RELATED: Declassified DIA document links Álvaro Uribe to the Medellín Cartel Party leader Gabriel Vallejo admitted that the decis…
Former president and former senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez, sentenced to 12 years of home imprisonment in the first instance for bribery and procedural fraud, intends to continue to unite the most conservative sectors of Colombia around him. To this end, he will again aspire to the Congress of the Republic in the elections of 2026. This was announced by surprise this Wednesday Gabriel Vallejo, the director of the Democratic Center, the party founded…
From the party created by the same ex-mandatario indicated that he would be candidate number 25.
Former President Alvaro Uribe. Photo: Uninpahu Former President Alvaro Uribe Vélez could return for the fourth time to the Senate of the Republic, after it was confirmed that he would be one of the candidates for the Democratic Center's list in the upcoming elections. This was confirmed to the media by the party's director, Gabriel Vallejo: "We aspire to have 25 senators. Among other things because if the judicial issues allow, President Alvaro …
The former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe Velez, will be a candidate for the Congress of the Republic in next year’s elections if the legal conditions give him the green light. The former president was sentenced to 12 years’ immediate home imprisonment for bribery of witnesses in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud and 18 days after [...] Uribe’s entry will be a candidate for Congress in 2026 “if judicial issues allow it” was first pu…
The former Colombian president, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, will once again aspire to the Colombian Senate, this time in the midst of a judicial process that has him awaiting a decision in the second instance for the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery in criminal proceedings. SEE MORE: Poll reveals that only a minority of Colombians considered the trial fair to have been convicted in the first instance, the Democratic Center decided to include him i…
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