Colombia’s conviction of a divisive former president is reigniting fierce debates about his all-out war on drugs just as an explosion of cocaine violence rattles the nation anew.A judge in Bogota sentenced former leader Alvaro Uribe to 12 years in prison on Friday,

Uribe, Colombian president from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty of bribing witnesses and abuse of process by a Bogotá court

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery