Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and procedural fraud — the first criminal conviction of a former president in the country’s history, Al Jazeera reported.
A judge in Bogota also barred Uribe from public office for over eight years and fined him around $825,000. The case dates back to 2012 and led to a years-long investigation. Uribe says he will appeal the ruling.
