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Qatar Tribune
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
Colombian presidential hopeful Turbay dies in hospital months after shooting
dpa Buenos Aires Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay has died, two months after being shot at an election rally in the capital Bogotá. The Santa Fe Hospital in Bogotá said on Monday the 39-year-old suffered a haemorrhage in the brain in recent days, after undergoing several operations following the assassination attempt. The conservative politician was campaigning for his Democratic Centre party's nomination to be its candidate for the presidency in next year's election. A post on the party's page on X said 'Colombia is in mourning.' His wife María Claudia Tarazona wrote on Instagram: 'Rest in peace, love of my life. I am taking care of our children.' Several suspects were arrested after the attack, including a 15-year-old who is believed to have fired the shots at Uribe. The background to the offence is still unclear. According to the public prosecutor's office, the alleged mastermind of the attack leads a group of contract killers and is said to have links to splinter groups of the far-left guerrilla organization FARC. Colombia has suffered from political violence for decades. In the 1980s and 1990s, several presidential candidates were killed in the South American country. Left-wing rebels, right-wing paramilitaries and the military fought a bloody civil war for 52 years. Some 220,000 people lost their lives and millions were displaced. The security situation has improved following a peace agreement concluded in 2016 between the government and the largest rebel group at the time, the FARC. However, parts of the country are still controlled by illegal groups.
The Hindu
a day ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Colombian Sen Miguel Uribe Turbay has died, weeks after campaign rally shooting in Bogota
Colombian conservative senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died on Monday (August 11, 2025), more than two months after being shot during a campaign rally in western Bogota. His wife, María Claudia Tarazona, confirmed the 39-year-old's death early Monday. Uribe Turbay was critically wounded on June 7 during a campaign rally in the country's capital, suffering gunshot wounds to the head and leg. He underwent emergency surgery and remained hospitalised in intensive care until his death. A teenage suspect was arrested at the scene, and authorities have since detained several others. The incident has raised renewed concerns about political violence in the country.
CTV News
a day ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe dies two months after being shot in a rally
A leaflet showing Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay sits on a Colombian national flag draped over his seat in the congressional chamber in Bogota, Colombia, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File) BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country's drug-fueled violence has died. The family of Miguel Uribe Turbay said the 39-year-old politician died Monday at a hospital in the capital, Bogota, more than two months after he was critically wounded. 'Rest in peace, love of my life. I will take care of our children,' his wife, María Claudia Tarazona, wrote in a social media post confirming his death. 'I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you.' A teenage suspect was arrested at the scene of the attack in a working class Bogota neighborhood and authorities have since detained several others. But it's still unclear who ordered the assassination or why. Uribe underwent emergency surgery and remained hospitalized in intensive care until his death. The attack, which was caught on multiple videos, alarmed Colombians who haven't seen this kind of political violence against presidential candidates since Medellin drug lord Pablo Escobar declared war on the state in the 1990s. Uribe's own mother, a well known journalist, Diana Turbay, was among the victims of that period when she died during a police rescue after being kidnapped by a group of drug traffickers led by Escobar seeking to block their extradition to the United States. 'If my mother was willing to give her life for a cause, how could I not do the same in life and in politics?' Uribe, who was just 5 when his mother was killed, said in an interview last year with a Colombian news outlet. Uribe, a lawyer with a masters degree in public administration from Harvard University, entered politics as a councilman for Bogota when he was 26. In 2022, he was the biggest vote-getter in the conservative Democratic Center party led by former President Alvaro Uribe. 'Evil destroys everything,' the elder Uribe, who is not related to the senator, said on social media. 'They have killed hope. May Miguel's struggle be a light that illuminates Colombia's path.' Authorities have floated several hypotheses about what led to the attack while allies of the candidate have complained that the government ignored repeated requests to reinforce his state-provided security detail. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, tens of thousands poured into the streets dressed in white and waving the Colombian flag to reject the violence. The Associated Press
Washington Post
a day ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Colombian presidential hopeful dies after being shot at campaign event
Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian senator and presidential hopeful, died Monday, two months after he was shot at a campaign event in the country's capital, the Associated Press reported. Uribe Turbay was a senator from the conservative Centro Democrático party, which mourned him in Monday X post. He was 39. His wife, María Claudia Tarazona, confirmed his death, the AP reported. He was shot on June 7 at a campaign rally in the Fontibón neighborhood of Bogotá and later admitted in critical condition to the Santa Fe Foundation hospital. He had been in intensive care since then, and doctors said at the time that his condition was 'extremely serious.' After the shooting, authorities arrested a 15-year-old carrying a 9mm Glock pistol, according to the attorney general's office. Uribe Turbay sustained two gunshots, the office said. Two other people were also injured. A motive for the shooting was not yet known. The incident shone a spotlight on political violence in Colombia ahead of presidential elections that will take place in May 2026. Uribe Turbay, the grandson of former president Julio César Turbay Ayala, had launched an early campaign as a 'pre-candidate' for the election. He was an ally of ironfisted former president Álvaro Uribe, but the two were not related. In a statement, Centro Democrático praised Uribe Turbay's fight against political violence and said its thoughts were with his loved ones. 'His struggle for life was a test for us, and his passing leaves a void impossible to fill,' the party said. 'Miguel will live forever in our hearts, and his example will continue to guide us.' This is a developing story and will be updated.
BBC News
a day ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Miguel Uribe: Colombian senator dies two months after being shot
Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe has died two months after being shot in the head in a targeted attack which shocked the South American nation. The 39-year-old was hit by three bullets - two of them in the head and one in the leg - at a campaign rally on 7 June in the capital, Bogotá.His wife confirmed his death on social media, paying tribute to "the love of my life".A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the shooting, but the motive behind the attack is still unclear. Uribe's wife, María Claudia Tarazona, thanked her late husband for "a life full of love" and for being "the best father" for their 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 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 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 own mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped by Los Extraditables in 1990 - an alliance created by leading drug was held hostage by them for five months before being shot dead during a botched rescue 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.
