Colombian Supreme Court orders house arrest for ex-president Uribe

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Colombia's Supreme Court on Tuesday placed former president and current senator Alvaro Uribe under house arrest as he faces charges of fraud and witness tampering. AlvaroUribe Colombia Court HouseArrest Fraud

Álvaro Uribe, center, was president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010, and is a mentor to the current president, Iván Duque, at right.PHOTO:Henry Romero/Reuters

The court said in a statement that Uribe will be detained at home “and from there can mount his defense with all the guarantees of due process.” Uribe, 68, must now wait to be eventually called for a trial before the Supreme Court, the body that judges lawmakers. His successor, Juan Manuel Santos , reached a peace deal with the FARC in 2016 — a deal that Uribe and Duque have heavily criticized.

 

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