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Colombia’s Supreme Court Upholds 28-Year Prison Sentence for Former President Álvaro Uribe’s Brother

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As a final-instance ruling, the decision exhausts all ordinary appeals within Colombia’s judicial system The Supreme Court of Colombia has upheld the 28-year-and-four-month prison sentence imposed on Santiago Uribe Vélez, brother of former President Álvaro Uribe, for aggravated homicide, founding a paramilitary group, and aggravated criminal conspiracy, ending a judicial process that lasted more than three decades. The decision was issued in rul…

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The brother of former Colombian President lvaro Uribe turned himself in to Polic to serve his sentence for paramilitarism in 1990.

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The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice confirmed that the brother of the former Colombian president committed the crimes of concert to commit crime and murder, both aggravated, by participating in the formation of the twelve apostles. The post Brother of Álvaro Uribe is handed over to the police to serve 28 years in prison for creating paramilitary group appeared first on EL NATIONALA.

Santiago Uribe voluntarily surrendered to the police to serve a 28-year sentence for paramilitarism.Agencia Period... Mié, 10/06/2026 - 11:29 Santiago Uribe Vélez, brother of former president Álvaro Uribe, presented himself by his own means to a police station.

Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe, has given himself to the authorities just a few days after a court ratified his sentence to 28 years in prison for various crimes against humanity and belonging to the paramilitary group Los 12 apostos.This is confirmed by the Colombian ex-president himself in a brief message on social networks. "Santiago Uribe, my brother, came by his means to a police station to comply with th…

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Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), gave himself to the police this Tuesday to serve his 28-year, 3-month prison sentence for creating and financing the paramilitary group 'The Twelve Apostles', the ex-mandator said. "Santiago Uribe, my brother, came by his means to a police station to comply with the arrest warrant," the former president wrote in a brief message published in his X account in which he …

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