Colombia ex-President Alvaro Uribe found guilty in landmark bribery trial | Corruption News

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

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been found guilty of witness tampering and bribery in a landmark trial, becoming the country’s first ex-president to ever be found guilty at trial.

Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia ruled on Monday that there was enough evidence to determine that Uribe, 73, conspired with a lawyer to coax three former members of paramilitary…

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