Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge on Friday to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process ...

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery in ...

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

I t took Judge Sandra Heredia over ten hours on July 28th to read her judgment in the case against Álvaro Uribe, Colombia’s ...

Mr. Uribe, a towering figure in Colombian politics, was accused of trying to bribe a former paramilitary to retract testimony ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a ...

The ruling, which Uribe’s legal team said he will appeal, is the latest in a long-running, hugely politicised case.

Supporters of Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe march in the capital, Bogota, after a court turned down his request to be granted temporary freedom while appealing his sentence of 12 years' house ...

His trial has been marked by legal and judicial irregularities.

Alvaro Uribe, president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010, was wildly popular in rightwing sectors for his war on leftist ...

Uribe, who denies any wrongdoing, has pledged to appeal following his conviction for witness tampering and bribery.

Judge Sandra Heredia wants the sentence to be applied immediately in what has become the most significant court case in ...