He received several shots when he gave a speech in a meeting. The author of De Schoten, a minor, has been arrested and did not have crossed the reasons for the attack.
The Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, one of the presidential applicants of the Uribista Democratic Center for the 2026 elections, was seriously injured this Saturday when he led a campaign law in Bogotá, an attack that was unanimously convicted by all political forces of the country.
Uribe Turbay, 39, received several shots from a hitman when he gave a speech in a political meeting in the city of Fontibón, near the airport of El Dorado in Bogotá (west), and was immediately helped by his close employees, who led him to the Medentro Clinic, closest to the place.
After the stabilization maneuvers, the politician was transferred to the Santa Fe Foundation, one of the most important clinics of the country, where dozens of followers and politicians of the Democratic Center waited for the party founded by former President Álvaro Uribe, with whom he has no relationship.
Miguel Uribe Turbay is the son of the conservative politician Miguel Uribe Londoño and the journalist Diana Turbay, who was abducted and killed in 1991 by the drug trafficking Mafia, and grandson of former President Julio César Turbay, who ruled the country between 1978 and 1982.
Police arrested one minor That was the one who supposedly shot Uribe Turbay and who had seized a gun, but did not report about the reasons for the attack.
General conviction
The attack caused a wave of rejection and dismay in Colombia, which remembered the dark years of the last century when three presidential candidates were killed and received the unanimous conviction of the political legacy and society.
“We reject this attack that endangers not only the lives of a political leader, but also attempts to democracy and freedom in Colombia,” said the Democratic center In a statement.
Uribe Turbay is a politician close to the former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) and one of the most serious critics of the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, especially for the deterioration of safety in the country and for his intention to approve the polls rejected by the Senate in the polls.
The attack and seriousness of the situation that is forced Petro to cancel a trip That he was planning to undertake Nice (France) tonight to participate in the UN top about the oceans.
“The seriousness of the facts and the dedication of the national government with the defense of the institutionality and the protection of all democratic actors in the country demand the immediate presence of the head of state and its government team on national territory,” said an official statement.
All political forces of the country brought the punishment to the attack, missing less than a year before the first round of the presidential elections, planned for the May 31, 2026.
The conviction was led by former presidents Álvaro Uribe, Juan Manuel Santos, Iván Duque, Andrés Pastrana and Ernesto SamperIn an unusual consensus between figures that are historically confronted in national politics.
Source: EITB
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