Álvaro Uribe, Colombia's former president, found guilty in bribery trial
The 73-year-old former president, who led Colombia from 2002 to 2010, was credited with turning the tide of his country's 52-year civil war against leftist insurgents, and continued to wield outsize power as a senator and politician long after leaving office. But critics have long accused Uribe of ties to the country's right-wing paramilitary groups, which he has consistently denied.
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