"Alvaro Uribe had previously been found guilty of asking paramilitary members to lie about their alleged links to him. A court in Colombia has overturned ex-President Alvaro Uribe's convictions for fraud and bribery, setting the stage for further appeals in the closely watched case. On Tuesday, two magistrates on a panel of three voted to toss the verdict against the 73-year-old Uribe, arguing that there were structural deficiencies in the previous ruling, including insufficient evidence."
"That is, the history of the politicians who came to power allied with drug trafficking and who unleashed the genocide in Colombia. Uribe had been sentenced in August to 12 years of house arrest, a fine of $578,000 and a ban from serving in public office for 100 months and 20 days or just more than eight years. Senator Ivan Cepeda, one of the central figures in the Uribe case, has already announced he plans to challenge the magistrates' decision."
A Colombian court overturned Alvaro Uribe's fraud and bribery convictions after two of three magistrates found structural deficiencies and insufficient evidence in the earlier ruling. The earlier conviction had marked the first time a former Colombian president was convicted and sentenced. Uribe had been found guilty of asking paramilitary members to lie about alleged links and was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest, a $578,000 fine and an eight-year-plus ban from public office. President Gustavo Petro condemned the decision as a cover-up of paramilitary-linked politicians, and Senator Ivan Cepeda announced plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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