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Supporters of Álvaro Uribe protest against his detention

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Bogotá (Colombia), Aug 7 (EFE), (Camera: Juan Diego López/ Ernesto Guzmán Jr.).- Supporters of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe took to the streets of several Colombian cities on Friday to show their support for the senator after the Supreme Court of Justice put him under house arrest on Tuesday.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS. SOUNDBITES OF:-MARÍA CLAUDIA, DEMONSTRATOR:"We are showing our support for President Uribe. What it is going on is defamation, this a despicable and absurd persecution. While the FARC narco-terrorists who have hurt this country."-MARÍA LESMES, DEMONSTRATOR:"We think that sending to prison is not fair for a president who has worked for the country, who has defended Colombia from terrorism, for narco-terrorism and drug trafficking for so many years."

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