(FILES) Colombian former President Alvaro Uribe gestures as he speaks to the press outside a court complex at the end of his trial in Bogota on February 10, 2025. A Colombian court on August 1, 2025, sentenced still-powerful former president Alvaro Uribe to 12 years of house arrest after he was found guilty of witness tampering, a legal source told AFP. The sentence, which is due to be publicly announced later on Friday, marks the first time in Colombia's history that a former president has been convicted of a crime and sentenced. Uribe, now 73-years old, insists he is innocent and is expected to appeal the ruling. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)

Uwahoze ari Perezida wa Colombia yakatiwe gufungwa imyaka 12

Sangiza iyi nkuru

Uwahoze ari Perezida wa Colombia, Álvaro Uribe yakatiwe igifungo cy’imyaka 12 akagikorera iwe mu rugo, nyuma yo guhamwa n’ibyaha birimo kuyobya ubutabera no guha ruswa abatangabuhamya.

Urukiko rwa Bogotá, ruyobowe na Perezida w’urukiko Sandra Heredia rwaciye uru rubanza ku wa Gatanu, nyuma y’iminsi ine Uribe ahamijwe icyaha.

Uribe w’imyaka 73 yayoboye Colombia kuva mu 2002 kugeza mu 2010. Yahoze aregwa kuba yaragerageje kwica dosiye yashyikirijwe urukiko ishinja umusenateri Iván Cepeda ko akorana n’imitwe yitwaje intwaro.

Nyuma y’izo mvururu, Urukiko Rukuru rwa Colombia rwatangije iperereza kuri Uribe ku byaha byo gushaka kwangiza ibimenyetso.

Mu kwezi kwa Gicurasi 2024, Ubushinjacyaha bwamushinje ku mugaragaro icyaha cyo guhimba ibimenyetso no guha ruswa abatangabuhamya. Urubanza rwe rwamaze iminsi 67.

Nubwo Uribe n’abamushyigikiye bamaganye icyemezo cy’urukiko, abandi barimo abayobozi bo muri guverinoma y’ubu, barishimira ko ubutabera bubayeho kuri bose. Senateri Cepeda nawe yavuze ko nubwo bishimishije, “hacyiri urugendo rurerure.”

Uribe yavuze ko azajuririra icyemezo. Iki cyemezo nicyemezwa burundu, azaba abaye Perezida wa mbere wa Colombia uhamijwe icyaha mu mateka y’iki gihugu.

Soma Izindi Nkuru

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *