Overview
- The Superior Tribunal of Bogotá ruled on Monday that Uribe’s appeal did not meet the urgency requirements for provisional release, ensuring he remains confined to his Rionegro residence.
- On August 1, Judge Sandra Heredia sentenced him to 12 years of house arrest, imposed a 100-month ban from public office and fined him over 3.4 billion pesos for abuse of process and bribery of a public official.
- Uribe’s legal team has until August 13 to file an appeal with the Supreme Court, which then has until October 16 to issue a ruling before the case is closed by default.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized the conviction as a politicized attack on Colombia’s judiciary, accusing judges of weaponizing the courts against Uribe.
- Uribe’s Democratic Center party has scheduled rallies in at least 20 Colombian cities and organized solidarity events in the US and Spain to protest the conviction.