More former Uribe aides ask inclusion in transitional justice system
Former Interior Minister Sabas Pretelt and a former chief of staff of ex-President Alvaro Uribe...
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Minister did NOT admit to bribing Congress: transitional justice chief
Colombia’s former health minister did not admit to bribing congress in his application to be...
‘Former Colombia minister admits to bribing congress to allow Uribe’s 2006 election’
Colombia’s imprisoned former health minister has admitted to bribing members of congress to...
Former minister asks inclusion in Colombia’s transitional justice system
Colombia’s imprisoned former health minister allegedly wants to be included in a recently...
Uribe’s head should roll too: Lawmaker convicted of congressional bribery
Former President Alvaro Uribe himself should be held legally responsible for the 2004 bribery of...
Former Uribe ministers sentenced to prison for bribing congress to allow 2006 reelection
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced two former ministers to six years and eight months...
Former ministers on trial over bribing lawmakers into allowing Uribe’s 2006 reelection
Two former ministers on Monday began defending themselves before Colombia’s Supreme Court...
Controversial former lawmaker absolved of kidnapping charges
A former Colombian lawmaker, convicted for accepting bribes to vote in favor of a constitutional...
Congress orders investigation of former ministers over Uribe reelection bribe
Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate...
Former Colombia deputy appeals ex-congresswoman’s kidnapping sentence
A Colombian ex-deputy appealed the ruling that found former congresswoman Yidis Medina guilty on charges of kidnapping. According to local media, ex-deputy Sigifredo Lopez admitted that Medina was guilty of bribery and accepting...
Ex lawmaker to sue government over wiretap scandal
Ex Colombian Congressman Yidis Medina is to sue the government for over $4.5 million, claiming to be the victim of wiretapping, local media sources reported. Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported that the ex-congresswomen,...
Uribe lawyer rejects lawmaker investigating bribery
The lawyer defending Alvaro Uribe in a scandal involving the bribery of congressmen to assure the former president’s 2006 reelection on Tuesday challenged the congressman in charge of the investigation. Defense lawyer...
