house arrest

Mystery still shrouds Zhang’s escape in July, following a late night court hearing in Mexico City when a judge unexpectedly granted him house arrest.

Colombia's former president has had two convictions for fraud and bribery overturned after he was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest.

The ruling also tossed the sentence of 12 years of house arrest.

A Colombian court on Tuesday overturned the witness tampering conviction of influential ex-president Alvaro Uribe, who had been sentenced to 12 years' house arrest in a decision condemned by the United States.

"The economy is being run by remote control from the United States," former president Cristina Kirchner said Friday from her Buenos Aires apartment, where she is under house arrest for corruption.