How Uribe's conspiracy theories got him in more trouble with Colombia's Supreme Court
Magistrate Cesar Reyes interrogating former President Alvaro Uribe (Image: Supreme Court)
by Adriaan Alsema August 10, 2020
Colombias former President Alvaro Uribe used conspiracy theories to defend himself against a Supreme Court fraud and bribery investigation, but failed.
According to the Supreme Court, whose 1,500-page document detailing the criminal charges was leaked, the president allegedly sought to bribe witnesses to discredit legitimate criminal investigations.
Uribe even accused former Supreme Court Magistrate Jose Luis Barcelo, who opened the investigation, of conspiring against him based on a claim by extradited drug trafficker El Tuso, which lacks evidence, according to the court.
According to the criminal charges, evidence indicates what already appears as a modus operandi of the suspect and [fixer Diego] Cadena, which consists of using a certain fact or scenario from which false circumstances are invented or masked.
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