Uribe denies the charges and has appealed the conviction to the Superior Tribunal in Bogota, the country’s capital. The court has until mid-October to issue a definitive ruling on the case, which has gripped Colombia and also provoked reactions from Uribe’s allies in the United States.

Earlier this month, Alvaro Uribe was found guilty of bribing militia fighters to withdraw testimony linking him to right-wing paramilitary groups.Colombia' s Superior Court on Tuesday ordered the release of former President Alvaro Uribe from house arrest while he appeals a conviction for witness tampering and bribery in a case related to the

Uribe was placed on house arrest and sentenced to 12 years in a long-running case about his connections to former right-wing paramilitaries.