She is Clara Ximena Salcedo, the judge who released Álvaro Uribe Vélez

The process of Álvaro Uribe Vélez, one of the most important in the recent history of Colombia, went from the Supreme Court of Justice to the ordinary justice, after the politician resigned his seat in the Senate. In that jump, one of the first decisions was to order his immediate release.

To the office of the Judge 30 of guarantees of Bogotá randomly arrived the case of the former president in this first procedural phase. The decision of the robe to release Uribe was based on the fact that there can be no detention without charges under Law 906, which now governs the case.

In her 10 years as a lawyer, she was responsible for conducting several hearings and listening to both the defense of the former president and the victims in the case to reach the ruling that released the political leader this Saturday, October 10. It is a sensitive and controversial file from any point of view, but Salcedo knew how to circumvent a terrain under his constitutional functions. that involves one of the most decisive political figures of the last decades in the country.

Only the basics of her professional path are known about the young judge. El Espectador reported that little is known about her and less when no Paloquemao official wants or can refer to Salcedo.

As detailed by that medium, Salcedo graduated in Law from the National University, just as Uribe was leaving the Casa de Nariño. In 2017, when Uribe was finishing his third year in the Senate, Salcedo came to support the office of magistrate José Francisco Acuña in the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court. And in March 2018, while Salcedo was ‘fighting’ a quota to serve as a municipal criminal judge, the investigation against Uribe was just starting.

The lawyer wanted to be a judge of knowledge, but She was selected as a judge 30 of guarantees of Bogotá with an outstanding score in the knowledge test. That change of route led her to be in the focus of the press and of the millions of Colombians who follow this process, from one side or the other.

According to Semana Magazine, “one of the characteristics that most stood out to Salcedo during the diligence was his integrity and his character in the middle of the session that involves all kinds of edges, not only because of what is discussed, but also because of the characters that involves. Throughout the entire hearing, he did not allow himself to be provoked or intimidated by any of the parties, knowing that ultimately those present could even be references of the young lawyer”.

In social networks, the judge also aroused comments among Internet users who followed the transmission.

“Hey, I am impressed by the firmness of the judge 30 of guarantees, Clara Ximena Salcedo. He is not intimidated and he pulled the ears of the parties, especially Eduardo Montealegre, so that they stop making personal attacks and get to the point, ”wrote journalist Gabriela García on her Twitter account.

By being in a virtual meeting in front of characters with strong temperaments, the robe also managed to win the respect of her colleagues for the conceptual and precise handling of the diligence.

The career of the judge will not be the same from now on. His words will remain for history in the hearing this Saturday, when he sentenced: “The decision adopted by this official is to agree to the request submitted by the defense, supported by the Attorney General’s Office and the representation of the public prosecutor and in that order and consequently the immediate freedom of Dr. Álvaro will be ordered. Uribe Velez “.