The Superior Court of Antioquia sentenced Santiago Uribe Vélez, brother of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, to 28 years and 4 months in prison for aggravated homicide, formation of paramilitary groups, conspiracy to commit a crime and accumulation of crimes against humanity.
The decision has generated various reactions from politicians in Colombia, including senators and presidential candidates.
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Claudia López, former mayor of Bogotá and presidential candidate, assured that “justice takes a while but it comes.”
“There is no debt that is not paid or deadline that is not met. To all the victims, to the displaced farmers, to the destroyed families, to the more than 132,000 mothers and fathers who are still searching for their missing children, my love and solidarity always. “Justice is delayed but it comes”indicated Claudia López.
The former senator and former director of the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS), Gustavo Bolívar, described the second instance sentence as fair.
“Nothing is more fair than the 28-year sentence for aggravated homicide and conspiracy to commit a crime, imposed today on Álvaro Uribe’s brother. There is too much evidence of his participation in the genesis of paramilitarism and its atrocious crimes in Colombia. “I don’t celebrate it,” said Gustavo Bolívar.
The presidential candidate of the Democratic Center, Miguel Uribe Londoño, assured that the brother of the former president “is another victim” of justice.
“Santiago Uribe Vélez is another victim of the persecution that a sector of justice, in alliance with political groups, has unleashed against the Uribe Vélez family“, indicated Miguel Uribe Londoño.
And he added: “Since they could not defeat them in politics, now they do it with infamies and lies. The country needs the truth to be known about the criminal alliances of the FARC and the ELN with a political bloc that today governs headed by Gustavo Petro.
Chamber representative Juan Espinal noted in his X account that he knows “Dr. Santiago Uribe, he is a great man, a great businessman, a family human being. “The process will continue, and you will have the procedural opportunity like every citizen to defend yourself before a higher judicial instance.”
The senator and presidential candidate of the Democratic Center Paola Holguín assured that Santiago Uribe “is a good man.”
“I have the privilege of knowing Santiago Uribe for many years, he is a good, upright and hard-working man; I trust in God that justice will be done. A hug to his family Álvaro Uribe Vélez,” said Paola Holguín.
Comunes party senator Sandra Ramírez mentioned journalist and presidential candidate Vicky Dávila.
“See then, we want to see Vicky Dávila and the rest of the right and their candidates scandalized with the conviction against Álvaro Uribe Vélez’s brother, Santiago Uribe, for aggravated homicide, paramilitarism, conspiracy to commit crimes and crimes against humanity. what a gem”, indicated Sandra Ramírez.
Gabriel Vallejo, director of the Democratic Center indicated that they receive “with sadness the sentence that revoked the acquittal of Santiago Uribe. “We firmly believe in the innocence of Santiago, a good, decent, honorable man.”
He assured that he trusts the decision that the Supreme Court of Justice will make, trusting that it will rule in favor of Santiago Uribe.
“We trust that the Supreme Court of Justice will analyze the second instance ruling and rule on the law. Our solidarity with Santiago and his family in these difficult times,” said the director of the Democratic Center party.
The senator and candidate of the Historical Pact described the decision of the Superior Court of Antioquia as “andExcellent news for the victims, Truth and Justice in Colombia“.
Former President Álvaro Uribe expressed his discomfort through a publication on his X account, where he stated that he feels “deep pain” over the judicial decision that affects his brother.
