The witnesses who will begin testifying in Uribe trial on September 3

[Judi Lynn]

Analysis

by Adriaan Alsema August 19, 2019

Colombia’s Supreme Court will begin hearing witnesses in a criminal case against former President Alvaro Uribe on September 3.

Among the 48 witnesses are 17 former members of paramilitary group AUC, some of whom have changed their testimony in the time the court was investigating witness tampering.

The court also requested all registered phone calls and visits made to the witnesses, some of whom are suspected to have been coerced to withdraw statements that incriminate Uribe or falsely incriminated opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda.

Among the other witnesses are the country’s former chief prosecutor, politicians and the former magistrate who has investigated ties between politicians and the paramilitaries for years.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-witnesses-who-will-begin-testifying-in-uribe-trial-on-september-3/

(It will be important that as many of these many witnesses are not murdered as possible, this time. Witnesses have been known to succumb to violent murder previously.)

[Judi Lynn]

1. Found this article from 2 days ago: Uribe needs a miracle to stay out of prison

by Adriaan Alsema August 17, 2019

Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe has been very successful in politics, but has had the worst luck in court.

This is because politics is a matter of opinion, but justice is not; it follows the rule of law. While Uribe has been extremely successful in manipulating public opinion, all his attempts to manipulate justice have failed.

Everything has been done to avoid the controversial politician be called to trial; at least one witness has been assassinated, evidence has been manipulated and Uribe even revived his proposal to abolish the very rule of law, all to no avail.

President Ivan Duque‘s political patron faces a reckoning and he knows it. This time, no political opponent of the controversial former president accused him of any crime, the Supreme Court did claiming it has evidence of one.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/uribe-needs-a-miracle-to-stay-out-of-prison/

Many people will be holding their breath until this trial is over.