Colombia’s Supreme Court confirmed that former president Alvaro Uribe’s 12-year prison sentence will remain suspended until after the appeals process. The appeals chamber of the Supreme Court reaffirmed the decision reached by the Bogota appeals court, which is looking into Uribe’s fraud and bribery conviction, in August. Supreme CourtUribe’s defense attorney, Jaime Granados, had requested the suspension of the 12-year prison sentence that could be served at home on the condition that the far-right former president complies with house arrest rules. Uribe was sentenced to prison by a Bogota court because he filed fraudulent criminal charges against the leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda in 2014. The senator’s investigations further confirmed Uribe’s close ties to the crime families that made up the Medellin Cartel between 1976 and 1993.