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Everything that Is Known About Miguel Uribe's Assassination, a Year Later

Summary by La Silla Vacía
Miguel Uribe Turbay, presidential candidate of the Democratic Center, died on August 11, 2025 after being the victim of an attack on Saturday, June 7, last year, while he was conducting a campaign act in western Bogotá. It was the highest-profile political murder since Álvaro Gómez Hurtado. Uribe was wounded in the skull and left leg by a 15-year-old teenager who was captured a few minutes after he was shot with a gun from the United States. The…
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Colombia recalled this Sunday the first anniversary of the attack against the senator and former presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died on August 11, 2025 after being hospitalized for more than two months for the serious injuries suffered during an armed attack in Bogotá. Masses and commemorative events were held in different cities of the country in honor of the political leader, while hundreds of people gathered in El Golfito Par…

On June 7, 2025, it was a day stained by violence in Colombia, as in the afternoon hours there was an attack against the then senator and presidential pre-candidate, Miguel Uribe Turbay. The politician from Bogota was in a meeting with the community of the Modelia neighborhood in the town of Fontibón when a minor, who was in the midst of the attendees, drew a gun and shot him at close range. The pre-candidate received several bullet hits and the…

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This Sunday, June 7, a mass was held at the place where the events took place, in the golf park in Modelia, Fontibón

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Twelve months after the attack that ended the life of the senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, the judicial investigation maintains a central vacuum: who ordered the assassination of the leader of the Democratic Center. The Attorney General’s Office reports seven people captured for the murder. Despite the convictions obtained, the authorities have failed to specify the origin of the criminal order against the 39-year-old …

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Miguel Uribe Turbay, presidential candidate of the Democratic Center, died on August 11, 2025 after being the victim of an attack on Saturday, June 7, last year, while he was conducting a campaign act in western Bogotá. It was the highest-profile political murder since Álvaro Gómez Hurtado. Uribe was wounded in the skull and left leg by a 15-year-old teenager who was captured a few minutes after he was shot with a gun from the United States. The…

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La Silla Vacía broke the news on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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