Key witness in Uribe trial exposes alleged paramilitary ties
One of the two key witnesses in the trial against Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe told a Bogota court about their ties to paramilitary group AUC. The key witness. Juan…
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Uribe trial resumes after court dismisses request to remove judge
A Bogota judge resumed the criminal proceedings against Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe after a higher court dismissed a request by the defense to remove the judge. The judge suspended…
Is Colombia trying to silence key witness against Uribe?
Colombia’s prison chief asked the Supreme Court to revoke an order to ramp up security for one of the surviving witnesses of former President Alvaro Uribe’s alleged terrorist activity. In…
Colombia’s prosecution misinforms court over Uribe’s alleged death squad
Colombia’s prosecution misinformed the court in an apparent attempt to counter claims that former President Alvaro Uribe founded a paramilitary group in the 1990’s. In a report on the “Bloque…
Testimony: how group on US terror list helped Uribe win Colombia’s 2002 elections
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe became president in 2002 with the help of a paramilitary group the US government had designated a foreign terrorist organization, according to a former member.…
Uribe ‘almost certainly’ dealt with paramilitaries: 2004 US cable
Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was told in 2004 that Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe “almost certainly” had ties to paramilitaries and that a memo on ties to…
Uribe tied to yet another massacre, despite extermination of paramilitary group he allegedly founded
A court ordered to hear a new witness claiming Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was tied to a paramilitary group that was all but exterminated after the controversial politician took…
Why Uribe might be ‘worried and distressed’ over Colombia’s trial of the century
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe told the Supreme Court he was “worried and distressed” after contradicting evidence of witness manipulation, journalist Daniel Coronell reported Sunday. The journalist apparently obtained transcripts…
The State of Colombia vs Alvaro Uribe | Day 3: the fixers and the prison mate
On the third day of Colombia’s trial of the century, the Supreme Court will be hearing two of former president Alvaro Uribe’s fixers and the prison mate of a key…