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Colombia’s ex-president Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years’ house arrest for witness tampering

It marks the first time in country’s history that an ex-president has been convicted of a crime and sentencedColombia’s still-powerful former president Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest, capping a long and contentious career that defined the country’s politics for a generation.Uribe, aged 73, received the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of witness tampering, a legal source told AFP. Continue reading...

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