Court rejects house arrest for Colombia ex-president Uribe during appeal

By Luis Jaime Acosta

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Bogota’s superior court has overturned a judge’s order that former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe be held on house arrest while he appeals convictions for bribery of a public official and abuse of process, sources and a court document showed on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Carlos Vargas and Luis Jaime AcostaWriting by Julia Symmes Cobb)