Colombians to Mobilize August 7 in Defense of Uribe with 12-Year Sentence | The City Paper Bogotá

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Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe asked the Supreme Court on Monday to recover his freedom while appealing the historic 12-year home sentence they handed down against him for bribery and procedural fraud. Uribe, the highest figure of the Colombian right, was convicted last week in a court of first instance for trying to bribe paramilitaries to disassociate him from these violent anti-guerrilla squads. Since Friday, when they handed down hi…

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Less than a week before the Colombian justice system found him guilty of bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud, former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez activated a new legal remedy to try to break his home prison issued by Judge Sandra Heredia on Friday, July 1. READ ALSO:Colombia: Álvaro Uribe discusses with a judge during a sentence reading for procedural fraud. To this end, the defense of the highest exponent of the Colombian right…

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By Rafael Méndez. Latin American Summary, August 5, 2025. This conviction for procedural fraud and bribery of witnesses leaves the Colombian right on an uncertain course, already adrift. “It is the end of an era of impunity. Colombia begins to shake fear,” President Gustavo Petro proclaimed. [...] La entrada Colombia. Álvaro Uribe: The judgment condemning this devastating blow to the Colombian right was first published in Latin American Summary.

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Vanessa Arteaga / AFPThe former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe asked the Supreme Court to recover his freedom while appealing the historic 12-year home sentence they handed down against him for bribery and procedural fraud. Uribe, the highest figure of the Colombian right, was convicted last week in a court of first instance for trying to bribe paramilitaries to disassociate him from these violent anti-guerrilla squads. Since Friday, when they…

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The decision of Judge 30 of Guarantee Control Sandra Heredia ordered the immediate transfer of Uribe to his residence in Rionegro, Antioquia

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The Governor of Antioquia rejected the personal attacks directed at the former president and his family after the hearing to read the ruling.