Project 1
by Oliver Diaz
Project 1
by Oliver Diaz
Source language (Spanish)
https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/cjdy5p7004lo
¿Por qué Álvaro Uribe fue condenado a 12 años de prisión domiciliaria y qué pasará tras el histórico fallo en Colombia?
Dieciocho días después de que el expresidente colombiano Álvaro Uribe fuera condenado a 12 años de prisión domiciliaria inmediata por soborno de testigos en actuación penal y fraude procesal, el Tribunal Superior de Bogotá ordenó su libertad este martes 19 de agosto.
El fallo resolvió "amparar el derecho fundamental a la libertad individual del ciudadano Álvaro Uribe Vélez".
La decisión del tribunal no implica la absolución del exmandatario, sino que podrá esperar en libertad mientras se revisa la sentencia que recibió el pasado 1 de agosto.
La jueza Sandra Heredia había decretado el castigo a Uribe tras declararlo culpable de dos de los tres delitos por los que se le imputaba en la primera condena penal a un expresidente en la historia de Colombia.
Sin embargo, la defensa del político apeló tanto la orden de prisión domiciliaria inmediata como el sentido del fallo de Heredia.
La jueza Sandra Heredia encontró a Uribe culpable de los delitos de fraude procesal y soborno a testigos tras haber sido acusado de tener vínculos con grupos paramilitares.
Al expresidente se le culpaba en calidad de determinador; es decir, por instigar a emisarios para que cometieran dichos delitos en su beneficio.
En 2012, el senador Iván Cepeda, apoyado en testimonios de paramilitares, acusó a Uribe en el Congreso de tener vínculos con el grupo armado Bloque Metro, fundado a fines de los años 90 en el departamento de Antioquia, de donde el exmandatario es originario.
Las consecuencias de este fallo son ahora mismo impredecibles.
Importantes voces alineadas con la derecha en Colombia han apoyado la postura de Uribe de que el juicio se trata de una persecusión política.
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Why was Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years of house arrest, and what will happen after this historic ruling in Colombia?
Eighteen days after former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced to 12 years of immediate house arrest for witness tampering in a criminal case and procedural fraud, the Superior Court of Bogotá ordered his release on Tuesday, August 19.
The ruling resolved to “uphold the fundamental right to individual liberty of citizen Álvaro Uribe Vélez.”
The court's decision does not imply the acquittal of the former president, but rather that he will be able to await the review of the sentence he received on August 1 in freedom.
Judge Sandra Heredia had sentenced Uribe after finding him guilty of two of the three crimes for which he was charged in the first criminal conviction of a former president in Colombia's history.
However, the politician's defense appealed both the order for immediate house arrest and the substance of Heredia's ruling.
Judge Sandra Heredia found Uribe guilty of procedural fraud and witness tampering after he was accused of having ties to paramilitary groups.
The former president was charged as an instigator, that is, for encouraging emissaries to commit these crimes for his benefit.
In 2012, Senator Iván Cepeda, relying on testimony from paramilitaries, accused Uribe in Congress of having links to the armed group Bloque Metro, founded in the late 1990s in the department of Antioquia, where the former president is from.
The consequences of this ruling are currently unpredictable.
Prominent voices aligned with the right wing in Colombia have supported Uribe's position that the trial is a political persecution.
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Why was Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years of house arrest, and what will happen after this historic ruling in Colombia?
Eighteen days after former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced to 12 years of immediate house arrest for bribing witnesses and committing procedural fraud, the Superior Court of Bogotá ordered his release on Tuesday, August 19.
The ruling stated that it was "protecting the fundamental right to individual liberty of citizen Álvaro Uribe Vélez."
The court's decision does not imply the ex-president's acquittal, but rather that he will be able to await the outcome of his appeal while free.
Judge Sandra Heredia had imposed the sentence on Uribe after finding him guilty of two of the three charges against him—the first criminal conviction of a former president in Colombian history.
However, the politician's defense appealed both the immediate house arrest order and the substance of Heredia's ruling.
Judge Sandra Heredia found Uribe guilty of procedural fraud and bribing witnesses after he was accused of having ties to paramilitary groups.
The former president was found guilty as an instigator; that is, for inciting others to commit these crimes on his behalf.
In 2012, Senator Iván Cepeda, relying on testimony from paramilitaries, accused Uribe in Congress of having ties to the armed group Bloque Metro, founded in the late 1990s in the department of Antioquia, the ex-president's home region.
The consequences of this ruling are currently unpredictable.
Prominent figures aligned with the right wing in Colombia have supported Uribe's claim that the trial is politically motivated.