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APBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ A former senator close to President Alvaro Uribe was freed from prison on Wednesday, four months after his arrest on charges of colluding with far-right death squads.
Mario Uribe was released after Colombia's No. 2 prosecutor said there was insufficient evidence to hold him. He remains under investigation, however, and is barred from leaving the country.
Mario Uribe is the most prominent figure in a scandal that has sent 33 current or former national lawmakers to jail on charges of benefiting from ties with the so-called paramilitaries.
Another former lawmaker, William Montes, was also freed Wednesday after a judge determined he was under duress when he signed a 2001 document pledging an alliance with the paramilitaries.
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