Uribe, Colombian president from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty of bribing witnesses and abuse of process by a Bogotá court

"A decision against the ex-president could generate some kind of reprisal by the government of the United States," Banco de Bogota said in a note on Monday, referring to a proposa

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been found guilty of witness tampering and bribery charges in a historic trial that gripped the South American nation and threatened to tarnish the conserva

Former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez became the first Colombian head of state to be convicted of a crime, a landmark decision expected to reverberate through the country’s political system less than a year before presidential elections.

Mr. Uribe, a towering figure in Colombian politics, was accused of trying to bribe a former paramilitary to retract testimony damaging to him.

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe committed the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery in criminal proceedings, a judge said during the reading of a verdict in a case that began in 2018.