A Colombian judge on Monday convicted conservative former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez on charges of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a trial widely denounced as irregular by local and international politicians and his supporters.
The former president’s defense team and his party, the Democratic Center, stressed that they will appeal the ruling all the way to the Colombian Supreme Court if needed.
Jaime Granados, one of Uribe’s lawyers, spoke with Caracol Radio on Tuesday morning and announced that they will appeal the ruling within the five working days that local law stipulates once the full sentence is revealed on Friday.
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