"Recently acquitted of all charges in the trial of the century' that pitted him against the leftist senator Ivan Cepeda, the right-wing former president now loses the momentum he had gained as a new election campaign gets underway Alvaro Uribe, in Lexington in April 2022.Jon Cherry (Getty Images / Concordia) Former President Alvaro Uribe, the enduring figurehead of the Colombian right, had entered the nascent election campaign with some momentum."
"Although the cases are separate, this momentum dissipated with the 28-year prison sentence handed down to his younger brother, the businessman and cattle rancher Santiago Uribe, also on appeal, for crimes related to paramilitary activity. Specifically, he was convicted of aggravated homicide and conspiracy to commit a crime while leading a paramilitary group called Los 12 Apostoles (The 12 Apostles). He was found guilty in the death of Camilo Barrientos, a bus driver from Yarumal."
Alvaro Uribe regained momentum after an appeals court acquitted him of witness tampering and procedural fraud in a long-running case with Senator Ivan Cepeda. That momentum eroded when his younger brother, Santiago Uribe, received a 28-year prison sentence on appeal for crimes tied to paramilitary activity, including conviction for aggravated homicide and conspiracy while leading Los 12 Apostoles. Santiago Uribe was found guilty in the death of Camilo Barrientos, a Yarumal bus driver. Alvaro Uribe had been maneuvering to build a broad right-wing coalition, planning a Senate run and coordinating with political heavyweights ahead of the 2026 presidential cycle.
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