A tweet published this Wednesday afternoon by former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe seems to foreshadow the events. Through the social network That’s why, as he said, he will be brought to justice. The information circulates a day before the official announcement of the decision of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Bogotá, which has scheduled a hearing for this Friday, October 6, in which it will announce its decision.
Judge Carlos Andrés Guzmán is the speaker. Together with his colleagues Hermens Darío Lara and Dagoberto Hernández Peña, he will decide whether the proceedings will be concluded, as repeatedly requested by the public prosecutor’s office, or whether they should be continued. If the former president’s statements are true, this would be the third time the exclusion from the case has been rejected. This would be in response to an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office after the 41st criminal judge of the Bogotá district, Laura Estella Barrera, rejected the possibility of closing the investigation in May.
“What’s next? Well, watch this,” Uribe said minutes later in a social media broadcast from Cartagena, where he was on a tour to support the candidates of his party, the Democratic Center, for the March 29 local elections October. “I undoubtedly receive the news with concern. “I have zealously defended my reputation, but I don’t know whether I am bribing witnesses or deceiving the court,” he argued.
News in development. Expect more information soon.
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