In Colombia, senator and former president Álvaro Uribe faced questioning by lawmakers over his ties to right-wing paramilitaries. Uribe served as president from 2002 to 2010 and was considered among the strongest U.S. allies in Latin America. At one point during Wednesday’s debate, Uribe stormed out of the chamber, but later returned. Senator Iván Cepeda outlined the case against him.

Senator Iván Cepeda: “Álvaro Uribe has taken all types of decisions that, in one way or the other, have favored people linked to the paramilitary and drug trafficking. He has handed over licenses for hangars, planes and runways to people linked to drug trafficking. He has legalized security companies linked to or run by paramilitaries. He has defended a referendum that at the time sought to eliminate extraditions for the Medellín cartel and drug-trafficking organizations.”