Álvaro Uribe Trial: Defense Phase Begins in Historic Colombian Witness Tampering Case - teleSUR English

This Monday, Colombians witnessed an unprecedented event. For the first time in more than half a century they saw one of their rulers give a statement from the dock of the accused. In the courts of Paloquemao de Bogotá, a couple of kilometers west of the presidential palace he occupied for eight years, Álvaro Uribe gave his first statement in the trial he has been facing for a year. In nine hours of hearing, in which he reiterated views and stat…

Álvaro Uribe Trial: Defense Phase Begins in Historic Colombian Witness Tampering Case - teleSUR English

The trial of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe enters a decisive phase as his defense calls dozens of witnesses in a landmark case exposing alleged witness bribery and deep-rooted paramilitary ties. Related: Colombian President Condemns Murder of ‘Historic Pact’ Activist The evidentiary phase of the defense has begun in the unprecedented trial against former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who faces charges of witness bribery and procedu…

There are about 70 witnesses who have been known by Uribe’s defense who will call in this trial, including relatives, politicians, former high-level officials, lawyers, experts and former drug traffickers. The former president’s attendance at this trial has mostly happened in a virtual way, however, on Monday, May 5, he did so in person by appearing as a witness. During his intervention, Uribe denied having sent attorney Diego Cadena or another …

BOGOTÁ.— Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said in the trial against him that he has never bribed witnesses and that, on the contrary, he has always asked for “the truth”, as he says it is heard in the interceptions that they made on his phone. Uribe, who was president of Colombia between 2002 and 2010, has been facing a trial since last February for the alleged crimes of bribery, procedural fraud and bribery in criminal proceedings, which…

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said this Monday in the trial against him that he has never bribed witnesses and that, on the contrary, he has always asked for "the truth", as he says it is heard in the interceptions that they made on his phone. Uribe, who was president of Colombia between 2002 and 2010, has been facing a trial since last February for the alleged crimes of bribery, procedural fraud and bribery in criminal proceedings, wh…

At this face-to-face hearing, the former president has the testimony of 75 witnesses including his younger brother Mario and former minister Andrés Felipe Arias The Uribe article faces the trial accompanied by his wife Lina Moreno and two key witnesses in his favor was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co