Colombia court rejects shelving of case against former President Uribe

Colombia's former president Alvaro Uribe speaks to the media after his meeting with President-elect Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/ File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) -The Superior Court of Bogota on Friday rejected a prosecutor's request to shelve a witness tampering and fraud case against former President Alvaro Uribe, extending a long-running legal battle.

Uribe and several allies have been investigated over allegations of witness tampering carried out in an attempt to discredit accusations he had ties to right-wing paramilitaries.