00:00Who will be in charge of the investigation against Álvaro Uribe for his alleged links to paramilitarism?
00:05Several massacres in Antioquia and the murder of a human rights defender?
00:08The case was in dispute between two authorities.
00:11On one hand, the Prosecutor's Office, which has been investigating his alleged support for paramilitary groups for years
00:16when he was governor of Antioquia, in the 90s.
00:19And on the other hand, the House of Representatives' Accusations Committee,
00:22which the process claimed because it involved events that had extended even
00:26until Uribe was president of the Republic for the first time.
00:29Deciding who would have the case file was the task that the Constitutional Court had on November 9.
00:35However, the high court declared itself inhibited, that is, it did not rule on the merits of the case.
00:40With that decision, the investigations against Uribe remain in the hands of the person who has been conducting them.
00:45Since resigning from the Senate in 2020, the Prosecutor's Office.
00:48Uribe is being investigated for his alleged responsibility in the San Roque and La Granja massacres that occurred in
00:521996,
00:54the Aro massacre in 1997 and the murder of Human Rights Defender Jesús María Valle in 1998.
01:01The case is being led by prosecutor Gloria Marcela Badía Cubillos.
01:04who heard the former president's questioning on September 4th
01:07and summoned him again for next Friday, December 11.
01:10For his part, the former president maintains his innocence and assures that he will cooperate with the justice system.
01:15despite the fact that, according to him, an injustice is being committed against him
01:18and that all he has done is serve Colombia.
01:20If you want to learn more about the case against Álvaro Uribe and other files,
01:24Visit the judicial section of El Espectador.
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