Este 10 de julio está citada la audiencia preparatoria de juicio a Álvaro Uribe

0:00 In the Bleu, Colonel Daniel' s report. Why what was going to happen in a minute isn' t going to happen, so July. There ' s a simple explanation. He was quoted at the pre- trial hearing of former PresidentÁlvaro Uribe, but priority should be given to filing an appeal for annulment. In short, six years and five months have passed since the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice in February of two thousand eighteen ordered the investigation of the former President al- Baruribe for bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud six years and five months. In all this time, the trial has not been able to reach trial for a dilate strategy to the defense that was reinforced by the prosecution of Francisco Barbosa and the prosecutor' s office of Margarita Cabello. Today, at last, the preparatory hearing for the trial was called for at eight o' clock in the morning, that is, within a minute, but it will not happen. The defense of the former President of the Baruribe is asking for the annulment of the prosecution' s indictment because, according to the lawyers of the former President, it is not clear whether the prosecution accuses him of having acted with direct dolo or eventual dolo, that is, whether he gave the order to bribe witnesses by offering them legal proceedings, free of charge and cash payments or whether he simply created or let create the conditions for such conduct to take place. The defence alleges that the principle of consistency between the charge and the charge would otherwise be violated. The representation of

1:33 victims, on the other hand, maintains that the prosecution can legally vary the classification of conduct without violating the principle of congruence. The judge of the Circuito de Bogotá, forty- four criminal courts, flatly rejectedÁlvaro Uribe' s motion for annulment at the previous session, but the Bogotá High Court, two months later, decided on appeal that the judge should have heard the defense' s arguments and ruled on the merits of the petition for annulment. For that reason, the preparatory hearing cited for today will not be held. This request for annulment will be discussed in place. We will witness the defense' s arguments to declare the proceedings null and void, followed by the prosecution' s position that is being opened today by a new owner of the Marlene Orjuela Rodríguez case, who will replace the former prosecutor, Gilberto Villarreal, whose withdrawal coincided with a request by the former President to the Baruribe to be changed, so that it would be removed from the case. The new prosecutor is a long - time official with prestige in the accusing lens. She' s also the fifth prosecutor. In charge of the lengthy process of former President Uribe. It was preceded by Gabriel Ramón Jaimes and Javier Cárdenas, prosecutors totally folded to Uribe ' s defense, Andrés for Valencia, who resigned after having for months the process in his drawers, followed by Victor Salcedo, who had to declare himself asked after here in the report it was revealed that he had publicly expressed his opinion in Uribe' s favor. The penultimate of the prosecutors, Gilberto Villarreal

3:06 finally decided to charge in a not especially brilliant writing and was then relieved of the case. The decision of the judge, who will probably respond to the lengthy argument with the substantive reasons for rejecting the application for annulment, will be followed by a further appeal to the Bogotá High Court. There will be two additional months of postponement pending a further decision. Thus, the expiry of terms by statute of limitations of criminal proceedings is gradually approaching. On October 7, two thousand and twenty- five, the file will be filed. For that reason, it is enough for the defence to burn time until that date, which is already fifteen months away. If there is no second- instance decision in the process on October 7th, the former President Uribe will be protected by the statute of limitations and all these years of recent evidence will not stop at all. Meanwhile, Attorney General Margarita Cabello, who, through her delegates, has joined the defense of the former President Uribe, is asking the Constitutional Court to review a tutelage action by the so- called attorney Diego Cadena, who seeks to cancel telephone interceptions in the process, arguing that they violate the client lawyer relationship. Chain guardianship has already been denied in two instances, including the Supreme Court of Justice. His arguments were also defeated in disciplinary proceedings that concluded that Cadena incurred ethical misdemeanours that merit the suspension of his professional card. Although high school isn' t going to start today, the hearing that starts in

4:41 minutes or maybe already started, is going to be extremely interesting, especially for the debut of the new prosecutor in the case. There' s a bonus track. Former U S President Donald Trump was on the verge of attending today ' s Colombia National Team match against Uruguay at n Cha, Charleston, North Carolina. A few weeks ago, members of former President Trump' s campaign talked to directors of the CONMEBOL South American Football Confederation, with the aim of having the former president attend a game of the Copa América. Initially. The chosen date was September 30 at Austin Stadium, Texas. When teams from Jamaica and Venezuela faced each other. Apparently, the Texas stadium was not approved by the Secret Service and it was decided to switch to North Carolina for today.

5:35 The decision was made when the teams in the semi- final were not yet known. However, yesterday, when everything was ready, the local authorities of North Carolina were notified of the cancellation of Donald Trumpa' s surprise visit to the game that will decide tonight if Colombia reaches the final of the Copa América. This was today' s colonel report. Thank you very much, imagine the madness of that stadium. Daniel. I want to go back to the case of the former President Uribe, because yesterday we read a trine of him and it is another different action that is being advanced and that I believe was accepted by some court to seek to take into account the conversations of him and his lawyer? If that legal action were to succeed and cannot be taken into account, in the case of the former president' s conversations with his lawyer, that would also further delay the process or in some way rethink it, it can rethink it in a very drastic way Julio. But look, it is an oblique path that has been followed in this, because they are resolving or are asking Attorney General Margarita Cabello to the Constitutional Court for an appeal to review a tutelage action that has already been ruled in two instances against the diego

7:08 chain, although this has not directly to do with the case. If the Constitutional Court decides that they are not valid evidence, it will certainly also influence the process of former President Alvaro Uribe. For the rest, lawyer Jaime Granados is insisting that there is no proper charge and in the old argument that imputation and inquiry are not equivalent, which has already been defeated in several judicial instances. But he, periodically comes back with this and as they solve it, he leaves. We are earning another two months and another two months and another two months until the arrival of October seven of two thousand twenty- five, everyone for their home and the case will have ended by prescription of the criminal action. This was today' s colonel report.