Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe faces new prices of bribery in a case involving his lawyer Diego Cadena and convicted former prosecutor Hilda Jeaneth Child Farfan. The indictment alleges that Uribe instructed Cadena to have Farfan give false testimony towards a number of high-ranking officers in trade for advantages for the previous president and his brother Santiago Uribe.
Lawyer Juan Diego León, representing former prosecutor Eduardo Montealegre and former deputy lawyer common Jorge Perdomo, has requested that his shoppers be acknowledged as victims within the case. Meanwhile, the Prosecutor’s Office has denied claims from the protection to incorporate new parts to the crime of procedural fraud.
During a listening to on Friday, Jaime Granados, Uribe’s lawyer, requested to review additions to the method, however the Prosecutor’s Office maintained their unique indictment. Reynaldo Villalba, the protection lawyer for Petrista senator Iván Cepeda, who can also be an alleged sufferer within the case, would be the spokesperson for the victims.
The allegations towards Uribe have created a stir in Colombian politics as he continues to struggle the fees towards him. The case is predicted to proceed to unfold as extra particulars come to mild.