Miguel Uribe's Mom Diana Turbay Was Murdered Journalist
Wounded Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is the son of a murdered journalist named Diana Turbay.
She was the daughter of a former Colombian president Julio Cesar Turbay; Uribe Turbay, a potential presidential candidate and opposition party leader, was shot and wounded while giving a speech at a park on June 7 in Bogota. His wife wrote on his X page that he is fighting for his life.
U.S. fans of the series Narcos will remember the story; that show prominently featured the real-life story of Diana Turbay, a prominent journalist who was kidnapped by forces controlled by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel. She died in a raid to rescue her.
In 1991, The Los Angeles Times reported: "When their capture appeared imminent, the gunmen opened fire on their hostages' backs, fatally wounding (Diana) Turbay." However, Time Magazine quoted a book as saying that Diana Turbay was killed by the government in a botched attempt to rescue her: "Turbay, 40, was killed during a raid by government security forces," Time wrote.
CNN reported that Miguel Uribe Turbay is "from the conservative Centro Democrático – or Democratic Center – one of the biggest opposition parties" and suspects are in custody.
According to the Inter American Press Association, Diana Turbay "died on January 25, 1991 in a police operation in which she received a deadly gunshot wound to the back."
Diana Turbay and several others "were held under the command of Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín Cartel, who had set a trap for them," the site reported. She was the editor of a weekly news magazine, according to The Tampa Bay Times.
What was the motive? "She had been kidnapped by Escobar to put pressure on the then president, César Gaviria, to overturn the extradition agreement with the United States," the Association says.
NBC News confirmed the familial relationship between Uribe Turbay and Diana Turbay.
Diana Turbay "had been held on a ranch near the town of Guarne, nine miles north of Medellin in northeast Colombia, and was being guarded by armed sentinels when police special forces attacked," UPI reported in 1991.Miguel Uribe's Mom Diana Turbay Was Murdered Journalist first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 8, 2025
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