Uribe could end up in prison over war crimes: Colombia’s prosecutor general

Source: Colombia Reports

Uribe could end up in prison over war crimes: Colombia’s prosecutor general
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Sep 29, 2015

Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe could end up appearing before a post-conflict transitional justice tribunal and even in prison over allegations he helped found paramilitary groups while governor, according to the country’s top prosecutor.

Prosecutor General Eduardo Montealegre told Caracol News that Uribe “could be investigated and tried for issues preceding his presidency, when he was governor of Antioquia” between 1995 and 1997. In order to end more than 50 years of conflict, the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos and rebel group FARC agreed to a post-conflict tribunal that will assume court cases related to conflict-related crimes in the event of peace.

Uribe, who has vociferously opposed the peace talks and the agreements made with the FARC, played a key role in the conflict as president and governor of the Antioquia province.

The country’s Supreme Court is currently investigating the former president for the alleged illegal promotion of paramilitary groups and his alleged complicity in a massacre carried out by these paramilitaries while Uribe was governor.

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