Former Colombian President Uribe found guilty in bribery trial that threatens the strongman’s legacy

BOGOTA: Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was convicted of witness tampering and bribery Monday in a historic trial that gripped the South American nation and threatened to tarnish the conservative strongman’s legacy. The ruling followed a nearly six-month trial in which prosecutors presented evidence that Uribe attempted to influence witnesses who accused the law-and-order leader of having links to a paramilitary group founded by ranchers in the 1990s. Uribe, 73, was not in court in the capital, Bogota, for the verdict as the judge has so far not ordered his arrest.

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