BOGOTA, Colombia Former right-wing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest in a decision delivered Friday by Judge Sandra Heredia. Uribe is also disqualified from holding public office for eight years and must pay a fine. Uribe, 73, received the maximum sentence after being found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud. It marks a historic moment as the first time a former Colombian president has been convicted and sentenced for a crime.