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Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez will become the first former head of state of the South American country to be brought before the courts, the prosecution announced Tuesday in Bogota. The date for the start of the trial has not yet been set. Uribe faces bribery and procedural fraud charges.

Prosecutors announced this week they intended to pursue the right-wing Uribe on charges of witness tampering and fraud.

Former President Álvaro Uribe assured that he will be called to trial for witness tampering.

In an unprecedented move, Colombia’s Supreme Court has put Álvaro Uribe Vélez under house arrest while deciding whether to prosecute or not.

Mar 08, 2022 - The Colombian Attorney Generals Office requested before a judge this Tuesday, March 8, that criminal lawyer Diego Cadena be sent to prison after he traveled

Mar 08, 2022 - The Colombian Attorney Generals Office requested before a judge this Tuesday, March 8, that criminal lawyer Diego Cadena be sent to prison after he traveled

Mar 03, 2022 - A guarantee judge in Colombia ordered on Thursday, March 3, the capture of Diego Cadena, a lawyer for former and former president Ricardo Martinelli. The dec

Mar 03, 2022 - A guarantee judge in Colombia ordered on Thursday, March 3, the capture of Diego Cadena, a lawyer for former and former president Ricardo Martinelli. The dec

March 7, 2021 The prosecutor who wants to drop a fraud and bribery investigation against Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe will be facing criminal charges for his alleged attempt to corrupt justice. Two of the victims of Uribe’s alleged criminal practices, Senator Ivan Cepeda and former chief prosecutor Eduardo Montealegre, said they would press criminal charges against prosecutor Gabriel Jaimes. According to Cepeda and Montealegre, the prosecutor broke the law by requesting a judge to d...

The coca factory of Duque’s former ambassador Duque’s former ambassador to Uruguay, Fernando Sanclemente, found himself in trouble again after US authorities were able to track cocaine that was intercepted in New York to the ambassador’s family estate in December 2019. The initial prosecutor was making quite a lot of progress until Barbosa interfered in April last year. The caretakers of the estate agreed to a plea bargain, which was revoked by Hernandez, who has a history of bungling in...