US EditionSuspect in Slaying of Colombian Presidential Hopeful Arrested in Argentina
Authorities say the suspect entered Argentina illegally and will remain detained as Colombia seeks his extradition in the killing case.
- On Tuesday, authorities in Argentina arrested Brayan Ferney Cruz Castillo, a suspect in the murder of Senator Miguel Uribe, according to the Prosecutor General. Castillo faces extradition for his alleged role in the criminal conspiracy to kill Uribe.
- Senator Miguel Uribe was shot in the head during a campaign event in Bogota in June. The attack was carried out by an organized criminal structure involving multiple actors, according to the investigation conducted in Colombia.
- Prosecutors believe the local network acted for the Second Marquetalia, a paramilitary faction led by Ivan Marquez, a former commander for the Revolutionary Armed Forces. Authorities previously ordered the capture of seven figures in the group in March.
- One 15-year teenager accused of being the shooter was charged with attempted murder and possession of an illegal weapon. He was sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention in August, two months after Uribe died.
- Uribe's death was particularly symbolic as his mother, Diana Turbay, was killed in a 1991 abduction immortalized in News of a Kidnapping by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Authorities credited the latest arrest to international cooperation.
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By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español. A man allegedly involved in the attack against Colombian Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, which took place on June 7, 2015, in Bogotá, was arrested in Buenos Aires, the Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday in a statement. The detainee was identified as Brayan Ferney Cruz Castillo, whom authorities believe participated in the logistics of the attack against Uribe Turbay,…
Argentina arrests Colombian linked to 2025 assassination of senator Uribe
A Colombian man, who is linked to a woman convicted for the murder of Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe, was arrested in Argentina, Argentine authorities said on Wednesday.
Brayan Ferney Cruz Castillo, on whom a red Interpol notification weighed, is designated as one of those responsible for the logistics of the...
The Argentine security forces arrested on Wednesday in Buenos Aires an accused person for participating in the murder of Miguel Uribe Turbay, former presidential candidate of Colombia. The defendant in question is named Brayan Ferney Cruz Castillo and was arrested in the framework of an operation carried out by the Argentine Federal Police. Alejandra Monteoliva, Minister of National Security of Argentina, confirmed the news of the arrest through…
Brayan Ferney Cruz Castillo's arrest, however, has to do with another case
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