Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been formally accused by the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office of three crimes, together with procedural fraud, bribery in legal proceedings, and bribery, based on prosecutor Gilberto Iván Villarreal throughout an accusation listening to held to look at the case. The formal accusation got here after a decide rejected a request from Uribe’s legal professionals to declare all the course of null and void. Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia said that Uribe now holds the standing of accused.
Uribe, who had denied the accusations in opposition to him, expressed his frustration at not being given the chance to defend himself, claiming that the ensures don’t appear to use to him. This marks the primary time in Colombia’s historical past {that a} former president is going through a listening to of this nature in common justice system. If discovered responsible, Uribe might probably withstand 12 years in jail.