BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s influential former President Álvaro Uribe on Wednesday denounced as “political vengeance” a move by national prosecutors to bring him to trial in a case of witness tampering that has shadowed his legacy. Uribe insisted in a video message that there was no evidence against him, a day after prosecutors announced […]
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Colombian prosecutors say former President Uribe will face trial in witness tampering probe
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s prosecutor’s office said Tuesday they will call former President Álvaro Uribe to trial for the alleged crimes of bribery of witnesses in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud, which would make him the first former president to face trial in the Andean country. The announcement represents a change of course in […]