Former Colombian Leader Is Convicted of Bribery

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Bogotá, Colombia. The former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, was sentenced on Friday to a 12-year prison sentence for bribery and procedural fraud, following a historic decision by the justice system that makes him the first ex-mandator convicted and deprived of his liberty, a source close to the case informed the AFP.The former right-wing president of 73 years will also be disqualified from holding public office for more than eight years, …

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According to the main Colombian media, Judge Sandra Heredia sentenced former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010) to 12 years of home imprisonment for the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery in criminal proceedings, after a judicial process considered historic and that shook the politics of that country. Official confirmation will be released at 14H00 local time. According to local media, Uribe Vélez was sentenced to pay the sum of four c…

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Whoever was the country's leader between 2002 and 2010 will have to pay a fine of about 3.4 billion Colombian pesos (about 710,000 euros)

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Former Colombian President Lvaro Uribe was sentenced to 12 to house arrest, after being found guilty of bribery and fraud.

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BOGOTÁ (AP) — A Colombian judge will announce the sentence Friday for former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who was found guilty of procedural fraud and witness bribery in an unprecedented ruling against a former president in the country…