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The Court of Appeal of Colombia on Tuesday ruled that the former president of Alvaro Urist should be released from the house while he himself He challenges the conviction For bribery and change of witnesses.
The conservative leader was sentenced on August 1 to the restriction of the house, because he threatened and tried to convince the witnesses who spoke with the investigators about The alleged participation from In the formation right A paramilitary group her 1990sField
Urist denies the prosecution and appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court of Bogota. The court has a deadline until mid -October make a final decision on the casewho shocked Colombia and also caused the reaction of the Allies of Urist in the United States.
The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that he applied the legal protection appeal filed by Alvaro’s defense for request release from House of restrictions. Uribe lawyers claimed that the arrest warrant against him violates his right to properly, as well as His right to the presumption of innocenceField
Former president who It is managed from 2002 to 2010 with strong support of the United StatesThis is a controversial person in Colombia. Many believe that he saved the country from the fact that he has turned into an unsuccessful state, while others associate it with human rights violations and the growth of militarized groups in the 1990s.
During its term, the peace process began with FARC.
During the term of office, Urist, the Colombian army succeededCritical victories against Farc; ; which then forced the command to continue peace negotiations And they made Urist from the Latin American conservative movement.
However, Thousands of young people were also killed by the army and represented as partisans They sought to promote advertising shares from the soldiers, while officials were given to increase their losses.
The case against Urist dates back to 2012, when he filed a lawsuit against his IvanThe left legislator, who collected statements by former members of paramilitary groups who accused him of being one of the founders of Metro Bloc, a militarized group that defended farmers from attacks of rebel groups.
In 2018, the Supreme Court of Colombia rejected the lawsuit, and instead an investigation with Urist began, whom prosecutors accused of attempts Prohibit justice by falsifying a deposit Witnesses who talked with secrets about the alleged relations of the former president with an illegal team.
Arrest for “maintaining peaceful coexistence of citizens.”
Judge Sandra Eedia decided in July that there is sufficient evidence to find out that Urist conspired with a lawyer to convince three imprisoned former members of paramilitary groups To change the testimony that they gave to Sopepa, whose father was killed by a paramilitary education in the 1980s.
Urist’s defense claimed that the evidence was acquired illegally, and that Urist simply sought to meet with the prisoners of militarized families in his preparation for the court and check the testimonies also used in The court for the murder against his brother Santiago Urist.
A few days after the conviction of Urist, Judge Yereta condemned the former president by 12 years with a restriction of the house, claiming that he should be carried out immediately “Protection of peaceful coexistence of citizens”, Proving that even a public person cannot be released after his conviction.
Urist admire the conservatives in Latin America and the United States, and the judge claimed that Foreign relationships from would make it easier to avoid the countryIf he remained free, calling for his business.
Nevertheless, the Bogota Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Judge Eedia used uncertain reasons for the decision of the detention of Urist and that the arrest warrant against him violated his right to equal appeal to the law. Court Rejected Also Arguments that Urist will leave Colombia, Having said that he left the country several times during the trial and always returned to justice.