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Weekly Report - 22 February 2018 (WR-18-07)

COLOMBIA: Uribe faces new witness-tampering claim

Former president Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) already faces a range of court investigations over alleged human rights violations and links to paramilitary groups. On 17 February it became evident that there is one more on the list: the supreme court opened a case to investigate whether now-senator Uribe has been involved in witness tampering. The news came just three weeks before the congressional elections on 11 March and may influence the performance of his right-wing Centro Democrático (CD).

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