Colombia’s former agriculture, who fled the country before being sentenced to 17 years in prison for embezzlement, will hear Friday whether the United States will extradite him or grant him…
While in Washington DC, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe decried the recent convictions of political allies, asking for their international protection against what he has called “political persecution”.
Andres Felipe Arias, former minister of agriculture in Colombia, has reportedly been given asylum in the United States, according to political allies in the conservative opposition.
Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered authorities to seek an international warrant for the country’s fugitive ex-agriculture minister who fled the country before being sentenced to 17 years in prison for embezzlement.
Colombia´s Prosecutor General Office confirmed Friday that Andres Felipe filed an asylum request in Florida last month, local media reported.
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced former Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe Arias to 17 years and four months in prison for embezzling agricultural subsidies meant to stimulate the country’s ailing agricultural sector.…
Colombia’s ex-Minister of Agriculture Andres Felipe Arias has been found guilty of embezzling state subsidies for poor farmers after a four-year court battle, Colombian media reported on Thursday.
Colombia’s former Minister of Agriculture Andres Felipe Arias is receiving help from an unlikely source in the Supreme Court case being brought against him over his alleged role in a…
Colombia’s former agriculture minister was released on bail Friday. According to a judge, there was not enough evidence indicating the minister had tried to obstruct justice by contacting witnesses.