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U.S. News & World Report · 10h

Colombia Ex-President Uribe Sentenced to 12 Years of House Arrest, Will Appeal

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge on Friday to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process and bribery of a public official, in a long-running case over connections to former right-wing paramilitaries.

Colombian ex-President Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years house arrest for bribery

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery in a historic case that gripped the South American nation and tarnished the conservative strongman's legacy.

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Former Colombian President Uribe sentenced to 12 years house arrest over witness tampering

The current trial stems from a 2012 libel complaint Uribe filed against opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda, who had probed Uribe's alleged ties to the Bloque Metro paramilitary group. But in 2018, the Supreme Court dismissed Uribe's case and instead turned its attention to possible misconduct by the former president.

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Colombia's Uribe Will Be Spending a Lot of Time at Home

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest, marking a historic first for the ...

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Uribe’s Conviction Reopens Wounds of Colombia’s Drug War Era

Colombia’s conviction of a divisive former president is reigniting fierce debates about his all-out war on drugs just as an ...

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