US EditionColombia issues arrest warrants for rebel group members for Miguel Uribe killing
Seven leaders of Segunda Marquetalia face charges including aggravated homicide in the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe, linked to a 1 billion peso hit near the Venezuelan border.
- On Tuesday, Colombia's Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo issued arrest warrants for seven leaders of the Segunda Marquetalia rebel group over the 2025 assassination of senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe.
- Prosecutors allege the killing was a "structured criminal operation" planned by rebel member Kendry Tellez, who organized a 1 billion peso payment to an urban gang for the attack.
- Authorities termed the act a "magnicide" aimed at destabilizing Colombia's democracy, targeting veteran guerrilla leaders Ivan Luciano Marin Arango and Gener Garcia Molina, known by aliases Ivan Marquez and Jhon 40.
- Officials announced a $1.3 million reward for information leading to Marquez's capture, marking the final phase of an investigation that has already resulted in nine prosecutions including a 22-year sentence.
- Uribe's death occurred as he campaigned for elections following the collapse of peace talks between Colombian President Gustavo Petro's administration and Segunda Marquetalia, amid ongoing rebel-driven instability.
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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español The Colombian Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday ordered the capture of seven leaders of the Second Marquetalia, the dissidence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) led by alias Iván Márquez, for his alleged participation in the attack for which the senator and pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay died less than a year ago. Colombia's Attorney General, Luz Adriana Camargo Garzón, said in a statement t…
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Colombia issues arrest warrants for rebel group members for Miguel Uribe killing
Colombia’s attorney general says her office has obtained arrest warrants for seven members of a rebel group for the killing of Miguel Uribe, a conservative presidential hopeful who was shot in the head during a rally in Bogota in June 2025.
The Colombian Public Prosecutor's Office has taken another step against the leaders of the Second Marquetalia, the dissent of the former FARC guerrillas, who are said to be responsible for the murder of the senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay. On Tuesday, Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo reported that the entity obtained arrest warrants from the justice system against the seven main commanders of that organization. Amo…
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The Straits TimesColombia seeks arrest of rebel leaders over 2025 assassination of senator
March 24 (Reuters) - Colombia's attorney general on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for the top leadership of the Segunda Marquetalia rebel group over the 2025 assassination of senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe.The warrants target seven individuals, including veteran guerrilla leaders Ivan Luciano Marin Arango and Gener Garcia Molina, better known by their aliases Ivan Marquez and Jhon 40, respectively, for their alleged roles in what…
The decision is based on statements offered by one of those responsible for the murder, Simeon Pérez Marroquín, alias 'El Viejo', sentenced to 22 years in prison for organizing the crime, accusing the leadership of the FARC's dissent of being behind what happened, as revealed in the magazine 'Semana'.
Colombia's justice issued seven arrest warrants against the leaders of the Second Marquetalia, FARC's dissent, who were identified as intellectual authors of the murder of senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay who was attacked in June 2025 in Bogotá and died after two months of agony. General William Rincón, director of the Police, announced millions of rewards: up to 5 billion pesos for alias "Iván Márquez" and similar amou…
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