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Colombian Ex-President Uribe to Go to Trial in Witness Tampering Case
By Reuters
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May 23, 2023, at 5:45 p.m
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe will be tried on allegations of witness tampering, after a judge on Tuesday dismissed a prosecutor request to shelve the probe, reviving a long-running and deeply-polarizing case.
The attorney general's office asked in March 2021 for a hearing on potentially curtailing the investigation, after it found Uribe's conduct did not constitute a crime.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-23/colombian-ex-president-uribe-to-go-to-trial-in-witness-tampering-case
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