US EditionDid You Know? Miguel Uribe’s Mother, Journalist Diana Turbay, Was Kidnapped by Pablo Escobar & Killed in Rescue Attempt
- On Saturday in Bogota, Senator Miguel Uribe was shot three times—twice in the head and once in the knee—during a public campaign event.
- The 15-year-old suspected gunman was arrested at the scene, and authorities are investigating possible accomplices while the motive remains unknown.
- Uribe, a presidential candidate and member of a prominent political family, was immediately airlifted to hospital and underwent neurosurgical and vascular procedures.
- Maria Claudia Tarazona, Miguel Uribe’s spouse, has described his condition as critical and has called for a collective prayer effort to aid his recovery.
- Uribe’s mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped by a group linked to Pablo Escobar in 1990 and died in a botched police rescue on January 25, 1991, highlighting his family's historic ties to Colombia’s political and journalistic struggles.
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Miguel Uribe Turbay, his family history resurfaces, marked by the painful legacy of Diana Turbay Quintero, whose life was cut short by the terror of drug trafficking.
“My mom has been my motivation and example to work for our country. She taught me that the principles are not negotiated and the value of integrity,” she wrote in X Miguel Uribe on January 25, 2024. The Colombian senator and presidential candidate who is today debating between life and death for the attack of a child hitman, was 5 years old when violence in his country took away his parent. “I learned from my mom the courage to pursue our dreams…
The attack on the 39-year-old conservative candidate Miguel Uribe has hit the whole of Colombia. Especially because the tragedy seems to be fueled by him and his family. Uribe’s childhood was marked by the murder of his mother, Diana Turbay, when he was barely five years old. Lawyer and renowned journalist, Turbay, daughter of former President Julio César Turbay Ayala (1978-1982), was kidnapped on August 30, 1990, when she was 40 years old –almo…
Did you know? Miguel Uribe’s mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped by Pablo Escobar & killed in rescue attempt
Diana Turbay was the founder of news magazine Hoy x Hoy, which was known for its stance to not sensationalise violence, a rare find in Columbia in those days.
Colombian Presidential Hopeful Miguel Uribe Shot During Spech, His Mother Was a Journalist Kidnapped by the Medellin Cartel
"Socalj" for Borderland BeatColombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, one of the presidential candidates for the Uribe-led Democratic Center party, was seriously injured this Saturday in an attack during a campaign event in Bogotá, Colombia.He was shot multiple times in the head by a 15-year old gunman who was arrested at the scene and treated for leg injuries. The shooting occurred in the Modelia neighborhood, located in western Bogotá, and the 39…
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