Tag: bernardo moreno
Uribe’s former chief of staff and spy chief sentenced to prison over illegal wiretapping
The former chief of staff of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the country’s...
As closest aides fall before justice, Uribe closer to prison than ever
After the conviction of Colombia’s spy chief and the former presidential chief of staff, the...
Colombia court convicts Uribe aides of spying on opponents
Colombia’s supreme court has convicted two close aides of former president Alvaro Uribe for...
Prosecution asks court to convict former Uribe aides over wiretapping scandal
Prosecutors on Monday formally requested Colombia’s Supreme Court to convict two...
Reports on illegal wiretaps were meant to inform Uribe: Witness
Information retrieved from illegal wiretapping of Colombia’s supreme court, NGOs, journalists and politicians was meant for then-President Alvaro Uribe, a key witness in the case against Uribe’s former chief of staff...
Trial of Uribe’s former secretary resumes
The trial of ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s former secretary for his involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights workers and opposition politicians resumed Monday. BACKGROUND:...
Uribe aide jailed over wiretap scandal to be released
Former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff, gained his liberty after a stint in jail for accusations of involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights workers and opposition...
Colombia postpones wiretap trial against former officials
Colombia’s Supreme Court has postponed the date of the wiretapping trial against former officials until November 19, reported newswire CM& Tuesday. Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who served as the director of the now-defunct...
Santos, Uribe will not testify in wiretapping trial
Colombia’s Supreme Court has rejected a request by the prosecution to call former President Alvaro Uribe and President Juan Manuel Santos to testify against former top officials accused of illegally wiretapping government...
Former Uribe Chief-of-Staff sues Colombian State
Alvaro Uribe’s former Chief-of-Staff Bernardo Moreno has filed a lawsuit against the Colombian state following his dismissal from public office. The State Council has agreed to review the Moreno case, in which he has asked...
Colombian paramilitary leaders called to testify in wiretapping case
Several paramilitary leaders with knowledge of the alleged wiretapping of political officials by the former head of Colombia’s now-dismantled security agency and former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff were...
Evidence to be submitted in Colombian wiretapping scandal
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office asked to submit a document proving the former director of the country’s now-dismantled national security agency authorized the payment of an informant to follow ex-senator...
