Supreme Court assumes investigation of Mario Uribe
Colombia's Supreme Court assumed the investigation against Mario Uribe, cousin of President Alvaro Uribe, for alleged paramilitary ties.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe lashed out at the Supreme Court after Magistrate Yesid Ramirez asked the nation's prosecutor general to open an investigation into allegations that the president's son, Tomas Uribe, bribed congressmen to ensure his father's re-election in 2006.