Overview

• Judge Sandra Heredia found Uribe guilty of soborno en actuación penal and procedural fraud for attempting to bribe ex-paramilitary witness Juan Guillermo Monsalve.
• Heredia validated intercepted phone calls and secret recordings made with a spy watch as key evidence.
• Uribe is the first former Colombian president to face and lose a criminal trial in the ordinary justice system.
• His defense team has five business days to appeal the verdict to the Tribunal Superior de Bogotá, which must deliver a second-instance ruling by October 16.
• If upheld, the conviction carries a potential sentence of six to twelve years, likely served under house arrest given Uribe’s age and health.