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Colombia's Supreme Court has put former president and senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez under house arrest while deciding whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering. Uribe Vélez is accused of witness tampering and procedural fraud, and the court has ordered the house arrest as a measure to ensure the investigation. This is the first time such a measure has been taken against an ex-president.
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House arrest for ex-president Álvaro Uribe Vélez-> Is not an sentence also is a By Emma Newbery
August 4, 2020 In an unprecedented move, Colombia’s Supreme Court (What) has put (What) Álvaro Uribe Vélez(To whom) under house arrest while it decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering. (Complement) Has is auxiliary verb in perfect tenses Negative-> In an unprecedented move, Colombia’s Supreme Court has not put Álvaro Uribe Vélez under house arrest while it decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering. Interrogative-> Has Colombia’s Supreme Court put Álvaro Uribe Vélez under house arrest while it decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering?
Emphasis-> Colombia’s Supreme Court has actually put Álvaro Uribe Vélez under house arrest while it decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering. Photo: Wikipedia Senator and former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez (Who?) will be confined (What?) to his home for up to a year, while the Supreme Court investigates charges of witness tampering and procedural fraud. Latter-> The last one
Interrogative-> Has Colombia’s Supreme Court made history by putting former president and now senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez under house arrest? Emphasis-> Colombia’s Supreme Court has actually made history by putting former president and now senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez under house arrest. Uribe Vélez (Who?) is accused (What?) of witness tampering and procedural fraud. Negative-> Uribe Vélez is not accused of witness tampering and procedural fraud. Interrogative-> Is Uribe Vélez accused of witness tampering and procedural fraud. Emphasis-> Uribe Vélez is actually accused of witness tampering and procedural fraud. Note that he hasn’t been found guilty of those crimes, only that the five judges have essentially decided that there is enough evidence to move forward with the case.
And in moving forward, they (Who?) have ordered (What?) the house arrest as a medida de aseguramiento — or assurance measure. (Verbal Part) Negative-> they have not ordered the house arrest as a medida de aseguramiento — or assurance measure. Interrogative-> Have they ordered the house arrest as a medida de aseguramiento — or assurance measure? Emphasis-> they have actually ordered the house arrest as a medida de aseguramiento — or assurance measure. Indeed/ In fact/ Literarily/ Actually Given that he’s facing charges of interfering with justice, the idea (What?) is that he’ll be less able to do that if he can’t leave his house. The idea is that he’ll be less able to do that if he can’t leave his house. Given that he’s facing charges of interfering with justice When she is angry, she doesn’t speak She doesn’t speak when she is angry Negative-> the idea is not that he’ll be less able to do that if he can’t leave his house. Given that he’s facing charges of interfering with justice
A lot centres around the former paramilitary Juan Guillermo Monsalve, and even more centres around the actions of Uribe Vélez’s lawyer, Diego Cadena. Cadena has already been charged with trying to interfere with Monsalve’s testimony as well as other testimonies. Both he and Uribe Vélez say he did so of his own accord. To understand more, check out La Silla Vacia’s rundown of what happened and who’s who. Note that the Supreme Court is not investigating whether Uribe Vélez was connected to the paramilitary group, it’s investigating whether he tried to interfere with witnesses who might have said he was. What happens next? Uribe Vélez(Who?) continues to deny (What?) the allegations against him. Negative-> Uribe Vélez does not continues to deny the allegations against him. Interrogative-> Does Uribe Vélez continues to deny the allegations against him. Emphasis-> Uribe Vélez does actually continues to deny the allegations against him.
He is likely to decamp to his home in Medellín, as he can choose which house he wishes to be arrested in. In terms of the case, this is really just the beginning. The Supreme Court now needs to investigate further and make a final decision on whether to take Uribe Vélez to trial.