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Colombias former Supreme Court chief justice arrested on corruption charges
written by Adriaan Alsema September 20, 2017
The former chief justice of Colombia’s Supreme Court was arrested Wednesday for his alleged role in a corruption scandal that has the country’s judicial system shaken to its foundations.
Justice Francisco Ricaurte is one of four (former) Supreme Court justices accused of having accepted bribes to favor allegedly corrupt congressmen, some with ties to paramilitary groups.
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Never before in the history of the Supreme Court has one of its justices been jailed, reported newspaper El Tiempo.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-former-supreme-court-chief-justice-arrested-corruption-charges/
