Colombian prosecutors bring Alvaro Uribe to trial

The Colombian Prosecutor’s Office announced on Tuesday that it will call Alvaro Uribe, the former president of that country, to trial amid an investigation into the use of false witnesses. This is in addition to a process in which He is involved in alleged crimes of procedural fraud and bribery of witnesses.

The accusation was presented this Tuesday, a document in which Álvaro Uribe is mentioned as “alleged instigator of the crimes of bribery of witnesses in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud”.

“Based on the physical evidence and the material elements collected and studied by the office that was assigned this file three months ago, a delegated prosecutor before the Supreme Court of Justice filed an indictment against former senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez, as the alleged instigator of the crimes of bribery of witnesses in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud.”the document continued.

The next step will be the formation of the criminal court of the circuit that will be responsible for the trial against the former president.. The formalization hearing of the accusation will then take place.

Uribe has been one of the most critical figures in international politics of the administration of Nicolas Madurowho recently He accused the former president of trying to conspire against the presidential elections from Venezuela on July 28.

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2024-07-25 23:59:40

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