A Colombian court on Monday (July 28, 2025) found Alvaro Uribe guilty of witness tampering, making him the South American country's first former President to be convicted of a crime.
The 73-year-old, who was President from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty of trying to persuade witnesses to lie for him in a separate investigation.
He risks 12 years in prison in the highly politicized case, but the sentence has not yet been pronounced. Uribe was also the first Colombian ex-president to go on trial.
As the judge started reading out her verdict, Uribe — who attended the trial virtually — sat shaking his head.
The matter dates to 2012, when Uribe accused leftist senator Ivan Cepeda before the Supreme Court of hatching a plot to falsely link him to right-wing paramilitary groups involved in Colombia's long-standing armed conflict.
