BOGOTA, March 1 (UPI) -- A judge has ordered the immediate release of Colombian labor rights activist Liliany Obando, a prisoner since 2008 accused of having ties to rebel groups.
Obando's release was ordered Wednesday. However, the charges against her had yet to be dismissed, Colombia Reports said. She is accused of having ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Colombia's largest rebel group.
She was arrested in 2008 after the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe alleged e-mails were found belonging to Raul Reyes, slain rebel commander, which supposedly proved he had an intimate relationship with Obando.
The Supreme Court ruled last year the e-mails could not be used as evidence because they were obtained illegally.
Prior to her arrest, Obando was the director of Fensuagro, a farmers' rights group.
