The State vs Alvaro Uribe Day 11: an assistant, more lawyers and a journalist

by Adriaan Alsema September 30, 2019

On the 11th day of Colombia’s trial of the century, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two attorneys, one congressional aide and one journalist over the alleged fraud and bribery practices of former President Alvaro Uribe.

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Witness #32 | Mercedes Arroyave
Mercedes Arroyave is the attorney of Alberto Guerrero and Juan Guillermo Monsalve, the key witnesses who have testified Uribe formed the Bloque Metro paramilitary group with his brother and neighbors.

As Guerrero’s lawyer, Arroyave has confronted and defeated Uribe’s lawyers once before; the former president filed slander charges against her client for claiming Uribe formed the death squad and lost in 2015.

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According to Guerrero, who will testify on October 2, his wife has received death threats and has been shadowed. Monsalve’s wife fled Colombia in 2018 after she too was intimidated.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-state-vs-alvaro-uribe-day-11-the-assistant-more-lawyers-and-a-journalist/