Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for bribery and procedural fraud. Uribe and his defense team have filed legal motions, including a tutela, seeking to overturn the house arrest order and to allow him to appeal the conviction while free. However, the Superior Tribunal of Bogotá has denied requests to suspend his house arrest and to permit him to appeal the sentence in freedom. Uribe's political party has also called for his immediate release. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Colombians have mobilized in support of Uribe following the conviction. In a related development, Colombian Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is in critical condition after suffering a hemorrhage in his central nervous system and is currently under intensive care in Bogotá.