Uribe victims press charges against former president and sons
The victims of the fraud and bribery practices of Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe...
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Star witness in $68M embezzlement scam murdered outside of Medellin
A key witness in a multi-million dollar scrap metal embezzlement scam in which the sons of former President Alvaro Uribe have been implicated, has died following an assassination attempt, local media reported Friday. Jose...
Sons of former President Uribe defend tax haven
The sons of former President Alvaro Uribe Friday defended their use of an offshore tax haven, revealed in records obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). “We created a company in the...
Investigation requested into Uribe family’s alleged paramilitary ties
Colombia’s Justice and Peace commission requested an investigation into ties between ex-President Alvaro Uribe and violent paramilitaries. The commission wants to investigate ties between Uribe’s sons and former...
Jeronimo Uribe says paramilitary lies about links
In response to claims put forth by a Colombian congressman, ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s son Jeronimo said Thursday that “the testimony put forth by a [former military leader], who doesn’t know us, is plagued...
Congressman publishes photo of Uribe’s sons with paramilitary
Colombian congressman Ivan Cepeda said Wednesday he has recently submitted evidence that suggests former president Alvaro Uribe’s two sons had ties with former paramilitaries. Cepeda wrote on his blog that he recently...
‘I pledge to kill Jeronimo Alberto Uribe, son of Alvaro Uribe’: Facebook group
Prosecutors requested a prison sentence Tuesday for the author of a Facebook group that threatened the life of the former president’s youngest son. A counterterrorism prosecutor requested that a Bogota judge sentence Nicolas...
Uribe family clashes with columnist over controversies
Former President Alvaro Uribe and his son Tomas began a Twitter offensive against leftist Semana columnist Leon Valencia Sunday after a column implicating the former president’s sons in 12 scandals. According to Uribe,...
Uribe’s sons respond to ‘parapolitics’ accusations
Two sons of former President Alvaro Uribe responded to accusations Wednesday from demobilized paramilitary leader, “El Canoso,” that they met with a former mayor accused of “parapolitics.” In a report...
