Miguel Uribe: Colombian senator dies two months after being shot
Uribe's wife, María Claudia Tarazona, thanked her late husband for "a life full of love" and for being "the best father" for their children.According to a statement published on Saturday by the hospital where Uribe was being treated, the senator had suffered a bleed to his central nervous system and was due to undergo surgery. He had already had several surgeries since he was first taken to the Santa Fe clinic in June. His wife had asked people to pray for his recovery and thousands had turned out at vigils and rallies to show their support.
Uribe, who had been a senator since 2022, had been seeking his party's nomination for the 2026 presidential election.He was attending a political event in a middle-class neighbourhood of the capital when he was shot.A teenage suspect was arrested as he was fleeing the scene. The 15-year-old has been charged with attempted murder and pleaded not guilty.Several others have been detained on suspicion of aiding the gunman.
The brazen attack on the senator has brought back memories of the turbulent decades of the 1980s and 90s in Colombia, when several presidential candidates and influential Colombian figures were assassinated.Uribe's own mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped by Los Extraditables in 1990 - an alliance created by leading drug lords.She was held hostage by them for five months before being shot dead during a botched rescue attempt.Uribe often cited her as his inspiration to run for political office "to work for our country".Los Extraditables, who said they would prefer a grave in Colombia to a prison cell in the US, abducted and attacked renowned Colombians in an attempt to force the government at the time to overturn its extradition treaty with the US.
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