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Uribe asks Colombia's supreme court not to throw him in jail: report
by Adriaan Alsema November 7, 2019
The defense of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe asked the Supreme Court not to throw their client in jail while investigating fraud and bribery charges, according to newspaper El Tiempo.
The newspaper reported on the request on the day that the Supreme Court formalized the fraud and bribery charges against House Representative Alvaro Hernan Prada of Uribe’s Democratic Center party.
The formalization of Prada followed a day after Uribe’s fixer, mafia lawyer Diego Cadena, was interrogated by the prosecution and triggers a 10-day period in which in the court is expected to formally file or drop the charges.
With that decision, the court may decide to send Uribe and Prada to jail for the duration of the trial.
The Prosecutor General’s Office did not immediately announce if it would formalize charges against the self-proclaimed “abogangster” who is accused of a series of crimes.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/uribe-asks-colombias-supreme-court-not-to-be-thrown-in-jail-report/