Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez was convicted Friday of bribing a witness and procedural fraud, following several hours of sentencing in a case that spanned more than a decade.

A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a long-running witness tampering case, making him the country’s first ex-president to ever be found guilty at trial.

Despite her statement, other Republican lawmakers voiced support for Uribe and criticized the ruling. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican from Florida's 26th Congressional District, also posted on X, calling the ruling a "witch hunt" against the former president.