Colombian ex-president Uribe sentenced to 12 years house arrest

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge on Friday (August 1) to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process and bribery of a public official, in a long-running case over connections to former right-wing paramilitaries. Uribe says he will appeal the ruling.

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