An appellate court in Bogotá, Colombia, overturned a decision to force conservative former President Álvaro Uribe into house arrest even as he appeals a lower court verdict, declaring him a minimal flight risk and his imprisonment a violation of the presumption of innocence.
Uribe, who governed from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty this month on charges of bribery and abuse of procedure, the product of an investigation triggered by Uribe suing leftist Senator Iván Cepeda after uncovering evidence that Cepeda was attempting to bribe criminals to accuse Uribe of working to create paramilitary groups.
Rather than investigate Uribe’s claims, the…
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