Colombia’s Petro sees Trump-backed ex-president’s acquittal as path to US sanctions

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro suggested that Tuesday’s acquittal of the country’s former president, Alvaro Uribe, could lead to sanctions from the United States, given the Trump administration‘s support for the right-wing leader.

Alvaro had been found guilty in July of bribing a paramilitary witness to lie about alleged links to him, but a Colombian appeals court overturned that conviction.

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