Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years house arrest for witness tampering and bribery. The historic case has gripped the South American nation and tarnished

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge on Friday to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process and bribery of a public official, in a long-running case over connections to former right-wing paramilitaries.

Mr. Uribe, a towering figure in Colombian politics, was accused of trying to bribe a former paramilitary to retract testimony damaging to him.