Supporters of Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe march in the capital, Bogota, after a court turned down his request to be granted temporary freedom while appealing his sentence of 12 years' house ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge on Friday to 12 years of house arrest for ...

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery.

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

I t took Judge Sandra Heredia over ten hours on July 28th to read her judgment in the case against Álvaro Uribe, Colombia’s ...

Colombia’s conviction of a divisive former president is reigniting fierce debates about his all-out war on drugs just as an ...

The ruling, which Uribe’s legal team said he will appeal, is the latest in a long-running, hugely politicised case.

BOGOTA (Reuters) -A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a ...

Colombia’s former president Álvaro Uribe has petitioned the Supreme Court to lift his house arrest while he appeals a 12-year ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stirred up a decades-old border controversy with Peru by accusing it of fully annexing ...

Uribe, who denies any wrongdoing, has pledged to appeal following his conviction for witness tampering and bribery.

Judge Sandra Heredia wants the sentence to be applied immediately in what has become the most significant court case in ...