Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Resumed Trial for Bribery of Witnesses · Global Voices

The trial against the influential former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez resumed on Friday, after a week of suspension in which a challenge against the judge was processed and denied at the request of the ex-mandatario's defense.

Today, the trial against former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez is resumed for the crimes of bribery, procedural fraud and manipulation of witnesses, after the challenge that his defence filed against the judge of the Sandra Liliana Heredia case will be rejected. The case is resumed after a week of detention, and the terms of the statute of limitations are not affected, so they ran for another week until October 16. The trial today.

Last Thursday, March 20, the Supreme Court ordered the suspension of the trial of Álvaro Uribe, who faces charges of procedural fraud and bribery, in response to the challenge filed against the judge of the case, however, by order of the Bogotá Court, Uribe must return to the trial...

Álvaro Uribe Case: Bogotá Court rejects challenge and orders the retrial of the trial against the former president Last Thursday, March 20, the Supreme Court ordered the suspension of the trial of Álvaro Uribe, who faces the charges of procedural fraud and bribery, in response to the challenge filed against the judge of the case, [...] La entrada Colombia The Bogotá court ordered the resumption of the trial against the former Colombian presiden…

Court 55 of Bogotá rejects the challenge of Uribe's defense against Judge Sandra Heredia Agencia Period... Thu, 27/03/2025 - 09:26 Judicial decision paves the way for the immediate continuation of the trial against former president Tags { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DataFeed", "name": "", "description": "", "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Agency Investigative Journalism", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "h…

The 55th Criminal Circuit Court of Bogotá denied the challenge filed by the defense of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez against Judge Sandra Heredia, who presides over his trial for alleged manipulation of witnesses. With this decision, the trial must be resumed under the direction of the same judge. Uribe’s defense, headed by lawyer Jaime Granados, had asked to remove the judge on the grounds of alleged lack of impartiality. However, the cou…