US EditionBogotá High Court Rejects Application to Suspend Home Imprisonment of Alvaro Uribe News Channel 3-12
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The Bogotá High Court denied yesterday the immediate release of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), after he was placed under house arrest for a conviction of first instance for bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud.The defense of the former ultra-right president requested that an arrest warrant be lifted through an amparo mechanism, claiming that the rights of presumption of innocence, liberty and due process were violated …
The Bogotá High Court has denied the defense of former President Álvaro Uribe the first interim measure with which he sought to stop the house arrest imposed on him last Friday. Judge Sandra Heredia, who found him guilty of the crimes of bribery of witnesses in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud and sentenced him to 12 years of home imprisonment, remains firm.
Bogotá High Court Rejects Application to Suspend Home Imprisonment of Alvaro Uribe News Channel 3-12
By CNN en Español The Bogotá Superior Court rejected on Monday the application filed by the defense of the former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, to temporarily suspend the house arrest order issued against him, after having been sentenced in first instance to 12 years in prison for the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery of witnesses. Uribe pleaded not guilty. In his decision, the court decided “not to order the interim measure” request…
The ex-mandatario is under house arrest after being sentenced to 12 years for procedural fraud and payment of bribes.
Álvaro Uribe, Former Colombian President Sentenced to 12 Years' House Arrest - Nuevo Diario De Salta
Álvaro Uribe Vélez was sentenced to 12 years under house arrest, financial penalty and public disqualification. He was found guilty of bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud; he must pay a million-year fine. Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia handed down a 12-year sentence of home imprisonment against former President Alvaro Uribe Vélez, 73 years old, for the crimes of bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud. This is the fir…
Former President Andrés Pastrana visited Álvaro Uribe in his residence after hearing the conviction of 12 years of home imprisonment for bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud. During the meeting, Pastrana expressed her solidarity with the ex-mandator and publicly questioned the decision of Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia. “In my opinion, the judge, in the conviction of President Alvaro Uribe, whose presumption of innocence remains in…
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