Colombia's Attorney General's Office Charges 15-Year-Old Teenager Who Shot Senator Miguel Uribe · Global Voices
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The 15-year-old teenager who shot Colombian senator and pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay on June 7 in a campaign event accepted the charges formally brought against him by the country’s Public Prosecutor’s Office for the crimes of illegal possession of arms and attempted aggravated homicide. The young man, pointed out by shooting the politician who remains in intensive care at Fundación Santa Fe Hospital in Bogotá, took the charges after an opi…
Article 187 of Act No. 1098 of 2006 provides that the maximum penalty for a minor within the specialized care centre is eight years.
The Colombian senator and pre-candidate received two shots during a rally last June, which left him in critical condition. His state of health improves and the Prosecutor's Office has already accused the author.


The 15-year-old teenager who shot Colombian presidential senator and pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay on June 7 in a campaign event has accepted Monday the charges formally charged by the country’s Attorney General’s Office for the crimes of illegal possession of arms and attempted aggravated homicide. The young man, pointed out by shooting the politician who remains in intensive care at Fundación Santa Fe Hospital in Bogotá, has assumed the ch…
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