AL JAZEERA: Colombians revel, protest over order to detain ex-President Uribe →
Colombians took to the streets on Tuesday evening to celebrate and also protest against the Supreme Court order to detain ex-President Alvaro Uribe while investigations against him for witness tampering and fraud continue.
The decision left many citizens shocked. Some pleased, others angered.
![Opponents of Alvaro Uribe, former president and legislator of Colombia, protest in favor of the house arrest measure ordered by the Supreme Court of Justice, in Bogota, Colombia [Nathalia Angarita/Reuters]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc413189b7d1509fe6fc64b/1598115168317-N0N8IV2IWBPBG5B0RCLE/8c0b63faa59743f0a5cbb5a8534f00c5_18.jpg)
Opponents of Alvaro Uribe, former president and legislator of Colombia, protest in favor of the house arrest measure ordered by the Supreme Court of Justice, in Bogota, Colombia [Nathalia Angarita/Reuters]