US EditionColombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay Succumbs After June Campaign Shooting
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, AUG 11 – The politically motivated shooting involved a 15-year-old assailant and led to multiple surgeries before Uribe's death, highlighting Colombia's ongoing challenges with political violence.
- Monday, Miguel Uribe Turbay died in Bogota due to complications from the June 7 attack at El Golfito park, after over two months in hospital.
- In Modelia, Bogota, a 15-year-old attacker used a 9mm Glock to shoot Uribe twice in the head and once in the leg during a June 7 rally.
- Undergoing multiple surgeries, Uribe's condition returned to critical on Friday after a new brain hemorrhage, the Clinica Fundacion Santa Fe said.
- In Washington, Rubio wrote, `'The United States stands in solidarity with his family, the Colombian people, both in mourning and demanding justice for those responsible,'` following Uribe’s death.
- Looking forward, Miguel Uribe Turbay's death has cast a shadow over the 2026 presidential race and reopened painful chapters in Colombian politics.
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After the death of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, which occurred early Monday morning after more than two months in hospital due to gunshot wounds sustained in an attack, Latin American politicians have expressed their condolences and solidarity with the family of the presidential pre-candidate.Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, a senator of the right-wing Democratic Center party, was subjected to multiple surgical interventions since he suffered an attack …
A 15-year-old shoots Miguel Uribe Turbay in the head, now he succumbs to his injuries. The death of the conservative politician awakens bad memories in Colombia.
Last Saturday, a medical center where he had been hospitalized since the afternoon of the attack, he had reported that the politician's clinical condition "reverted to a critical condition due to an episode of hemorrhage"
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