Colombian court overturns ex-president Uribe's fraud and witness tampering conviction
• Oct 22, 2025, 10:02 AM
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An appeals court in Colombia has overturned the conviction of former president Alvaro Uribe. The ex-leader had been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest in August 2025 for witness tampering and procedural fraud related to accusations of links to far-right paramilitaries during his time in office from 2002 to 2010. It marked the first time in Colombia's history that a former president was convicted of a crime and sentenced.
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A Colombian court on Tuesday overturned the witness-tampering conviction of former president Álvaro Uribe, scrapping a 12-year house arrest sentence that had drawn US criticism. Uribe, 73, was convicted in August of pressuring paramilitaries to deny link
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