The protection accepted by the Court argues the violation of the fundamental rights of Álvaro Uribe Vélez, including human dignity, due process, the presumption of innocence and personal freedom
The Superior Court of Bogotá, in the Criminal Decision Chamber, ordered the immediate freedom of former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, leaving without effect the decision of the 44th Criminal Court of the Circuit that on August 1 had arranged his arrest, the newspaper reported Time from Colombia after obtaining the failure exclusively.
In the document, signed by Judge Leonel Rogeles Moreno, it is stated: «Leave without effect the quarter of the ruling issued on August 1, 2025, by the 44th Criminal Court of the Circuit of Bogotá, as soon as he ordered the immediate deprivation of the freedom of the citizen Álvaro Uribe Vélez; until the corresponding Criminal Decision Chamber of this Court defines the appeal filed against this determination of first instance. Consequently, dispose that the court immediately issued the freedom ballot in favor of the tutelante ».
The protection accepted by the Court argues the violation of the fundamental rights of Uribe, including human dignity, due process, the presumption of innocence and personal freedom.
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The defense of the ex -president had questioned the arrest warrant, noting that it could not be executed without the first instance decision being firm, since there is an appeal in process.
The ruling also responds to the accusations that the defense would have used “systematic dilatory strategies” to prevent the progress of the trial, which was qualified as an imprecise accusation and contrary to what happened in the process.
With this decision, the Court orders the immediate expedition of the Freedom Ballot in favor of Álvaro Uribe Vélez, while the appeal is resolved in the second instance.
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