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News.com.au
3 hours ago
- News.com.au
Man slaps woman across the face at airport in shock footage
Shocking footage shows the moment an irate man strikes a woman across the face inside an airport terminal in Colombia after she refused to give up her seat so he could sit next to his wife. Claudia Segura, a human rights defence lawyer, was working on her laptop before her flight at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá on Sunday, when she was approached by Héctor Santacruz. Santacruz could be seen standing over Ms Segura allegedly telling her, 'get up or I'll get you up', before suddenly striking her across the left side of her face with his phone in his hand. Shocked passengers immediately got up to defend Ms Segura as one man pushed and shoved Santacruz away from the woman. Others could be heard yelling at Santacruz before his wife Karen de Santacruz stood up and got involved. She grabbed their belongings as Santacruz was handcuffed and escorted by an airport police officer out of the terminal. A separate video shows Ms Segura, who suffered soft tissue trauma, laying on her back while she was tended to by an airport worker, According to her lawyer, Maité Bayona, 'other factors have been diagnosed, for which appointments have been scheduled with specialists'. Bayona added that their client, who is a contractor for the Bogotá City Hall, may also require psychological therapy, 'because she is very upset as a result of this attack and the violation of her rights that she experienced last Sunday'. The lawyer confirmed a criminal complaint has been filed. Ms Segura, who is a government contractor, expressed her frustration at the handling of the incident by airport staff. She told local publication El Tiempo she was waiting to board her flight and was looking for a place to sit so that she could continue to work on her laptop. 'When I got to the waiting area, everything was completely full, and I only saw one empty chair,' she said. 'I didn't have any bags or clothes on me to indicate it was occupied, so I sat down.' Ms Segura said Santacruz's wife Karen told her that the seat was occupied but she countered by telling her that it was not occupied. She had just finished a work-related phone call when Santacruz allegedly threatened her, demanding she 'get up'. 'He hits me on the hand, knocks off my phone, and hits me hard in the face and head,' she recalled. 'The magnitude of the impact knocked my earring off.' Ms Segura said that the police took her to a local urgent care centre in the town of Engativá for a medical evaluation and that she had to share the same vehicle as her attacker. 'I am affected and very afraid,' she said. Meanwhile, Santacruz's wife Karen, who owns a design business, has since spoken out about the incident condemning the actions of her husband – before deleting her Instagram account. 'The person shown physically assaulting a woman is my husband. And you don't know how much it hurts me to say this out loud,' she said in a video apology on Wednesday. 'And it really hurts me as a woman, as a mother, as the founder of Khala, because all of this goes against what we want, what we've been working on for so many years. 'I know that when things like this happen, it's easy to point fingers, judge, and dismiss. But I also know that many of us have made mistakes at some point in our lives. 'But as the old saying goes, let he who is without sin cast the first stone. This doesn't mean it's right, because it isn't.' She went on to say she does not 'condone' or 'approve of it', and 'I won't remain silent'. 'I reject it from the bottom of my heart because I believe in dignity, in boundaries, and in respect.'
Washington Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Álvaro Uribe, Colombia's former president, found guilty in bribery trial
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Álvaro Uribe, one of the most influential and controversial leaders in Colombian history, was found guilty of bribery in criminal proceedings as well as procedural fraud on Monday in a witness tampering scandal, becoming the country's first former president to be convicted in a criminal 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.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Ex-Colombian president Álvaro Uribe found guilty of witness-tampering
Álvaro Uribe has become the first former Colombian president to be convicted of a crime.A court in Bogotá found the 73-year-old, who was president from 2002 to 2010, guilty of witness-tampering and a fraud charge. He was convicted of attempting to bribe witnesses in a separate investigation into allegations that he had ties to right-wing paramilitaries, responsible for human rights charge carries up to 12 years in prison. Uribe is expected to appeal the verdict, having always maintained his innocence. Uribe is best known for mounting an aggressive offensive against leftist guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) during his tenure. He has always denied ties to right-wing former president sat shaking his head as the verdict was read out, AFP reported, in the trial that has seen more than 90 witnesses Secretary of State Marco Rubio has condemned the court's decision, accusing the country's judiciary of being former president's "only crime has been to tirelessly fight and defend his homeland," he wrote on the social media site, result comes more than a decade after Uribe was first charged in 2012. At that time, he accused a left-wing senator, Ivan Cepeda, of a plot against him. Uribe claimed Cepeda wanted to falsely link him to right-wing paramilitary groups involved in Colombia's internal armed the country's Supreme Court dismissed the former president's claims against Cepeda, instead investigating Uribe for the ties. The former president was then accused of contacting jailed ex-fighters and bribing them to deny connections to the paramilitary groups - tampering with key said he had wanted to convince the ex-fighters to tell the truth. Paramilitary groups emerged in Colombia in the 1980s with the stated goal of taking on poverty and marginalisation. They fought the Marxist-inspired guerrilla groups that had themselves battled the state two decades prior. Many of the armed groups developed in the standoff made an income from the cocaine trade. Violent and deadly fighting between them and with the state has produced lasting rivalries for trafficking routes and was praised by Washington for his hard-line approach to Farc rebels – but was a divisive politician whose critics say did little to improve the inequality and poverty in the signed a peace deal with Uribe's successor in 2016 though violence from disarmed groups persists in Colombia.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
🚨 Millonarios confirm team changes ahead of Llaneros FC clash
Millonarios will make their home debut of the semester at El Campín stadium against Llaneros, for the fourth matchday of the 2025 Liga Betplay Finalización, after having lost to La Equidad at Techo last Wednesday by the minimum González has a couple of surprises in store regarding the starting eleven that began the game against La Equidad. The starting lineup for Millonarios against Llaneros FC Diego Novoa returns to the goal; in defense, Jorge Arias comes back in place of Juan Pablo Vargas to play alongside Llinás, Banguero, and Palacios on the back line; Vega and Victoria will share the midfield; further forward, Daniel Ruiz leaves the team to make way for Alex Castro, who will join Ramírez and Mosquera in attack, leaving Juan Esteban Carvajal as the main striker, returning to the starting lineup for the first time in a long while. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Judge concludes that Colombia's ex-President Uribe committed crimes of procedural fraud and bribery
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe committed the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery in criminal proceedings, a judge said during the reading of a verdict in a case that began in 2018. Judge Sandra Heredia of Bogotá's 44th Criminal Court is still reading the ruling. Uribe has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He maintained that position throughout the 67-day trial, during which he clashed with Senator Iván Cepeda, of the ruling Pacto Histórico party. In 2012, Uribe had accused Cepeda of trying to link him to the creation of a paramilitary group — a charge Cepeda rejected — but the Colombian Supreme Court ruled that Uribe should be investigated for alleged witness tampering. This is a developing story that has been updated and will be updated. CNN's Michael Rios contributed to this story.
