Former Colombian President Uribe Faces Fraud and Witness Tampering Charges
• Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe faces charges of fraud and witness tampering, which he denies and calls political revenge against him • Prosecutors allege Uribe and allies pressured witnesses to discredit accusations of his ties to right-wing paramilitaries • Uribe faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted at trial by the Supreme Court • Uribe was president from 2002-2010 and oversaw offensives against leftist guerrillas • Judges have twice rejected requests to dismiss the case stemming from Uribe's 2012 allegation that a senator plotted to tie him to paramilitaries