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Irish Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Times
Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe dies after June campaign shooting
Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian presidential hopeful who had warned that the nation was slipping back into its violent past, died two months after being gunned down while campaigning in Bogotá . He was 39. Mr Uribe was shot in the head while speaking to supporters in the capital's Modelia neighbourhood on June 7th. Several neurosurgeries since the attack failed to save him, and he passed away at around 2am on Monday. 'Rest in peace, love of my life,' Maria Claudia Tarazona, his wife, wrote in an Instagram post. Authorities have detained six people, including a teenager who was apprehended at the scene and formally charged this month with attempted murder and illegal possession of a weapon. The investigation is ongoing and it remains unclear who ordered the murder. READ MORE The assassination is the starkest sign yet that the country's stability is unravelling a year before president Gustavo Petro is set to leave office. Mr Uribe's killing will likely reshape Colombia's 2026 presidential race – which so far lacks a clear frontrunner – and potentially sideline candidates hoping to defend Mr Petro's legacy. 'Our institutions will continue to work hard to identify and bring to justice all those responsible for this attack,' Defense minister Pedro Sanchez said in a post on X. 'We will not allow violent individuals to intimidate or silence the political voices that our democracy requires.' Mr Uribe, a senator from the right-wing Democratic Center party and grandson of former president Julio César Turbay, was a critic of Mr Petro's 'total peace' strategy. He warned that the policy of negotiating with guerrillas and criminal groups had emboldened them and left swathes of the country vulnerable again. The senator's death evokes memories of a darker era when four presidential candidates were murdered in the 1980s and early 1990s during the height of cartel violence. His own mother, the journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in a failed rescue attempt in 1991 after being kidnapped by Pablo Escobar 's Medellín cartel. Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down in 2023 in neighbouring Ecuador , where drug gangs have grown in power in recent years. The targeting of mayors, lawmakers and social leaders by organised crime is common in Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador. [ US doubles reward for arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to $50m Opens in new window ] 'This is a sad day for the country. Violence can't continue to mark our destiny,' Colombian vice-president Francia Márquez said in a post on X. US secretary of state Marco Rubio said that the US 'stands in solidarity with his family, the Colombian people, both in mourning and demanding justice for those responsible'. Thousands of Colombians clad in white have marched across the country in support of Mr Uribe's recovery and against violence. The march in Bogotá was the capital's biggest demonstration in more than a decade. Mr Uribe, who studied at Bogota's Universidad de los Andes and Harvard's Kennedy School, had no direct relation to former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, but was a close ideological ally. 'May Miguel's struggle be a light that illuminates the right path for Colombia,' the former president said on X. – ©2025 Bloomberg LP
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Colombia Presidential Hopeful Uribe Dies After June Shooting
Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian presidential hopeful who had warned that the nation was slipping back into its violent past, has died two months after being gunned down while campaigning in Bogotá. He was 39. Uribe was shot in the head while speaking to supporters in the capital's Modelia neighborhood on June 7. He had been hospitalized in critical condition and underwent several neurosurgeries.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Colombia Presidential Hopeful Uribe Dies 2 Months After Shooting
Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian senator and presidential hopeful who had warned recently that the nation was slipping back into its violent past, has died from wounds sustained during a campaign rally shooting in Bogotá. He was 39. Uribe was shot in the head while speaking to supporters in the capital's Modelia neighborhood on June 7. He had been hospitalized in critical condition and underwent several neurosurgeries that tried to keep him alive. 'Rest in peace, love of my life,' Maria Claudia Tarazona, his wife wrote in an Instagram post on Monday.
Fashion United
6 days ago
- Business
- Fashion United
AI software for design and product development
As artificial intelligence continues its integration into the fashion industry, its role in apparel design and product development workflows has become more pronounced. From initial ideation to the technical stages of prototyping, AI-powered tools are streamlining processes, reducing waste, and enabling designers to iterate more quickly. This evolution is driven by platforms that offer new capabilities in areas such as generative design, 3D sampling, and pattern creation, providing a comprehensive toolkit for fashion professionals seeking to enhance their efficiency and creative scope. The following overview includes leading AI tools for apparel design and product development. It highlights key platforms and their specific functions, from generative design and concept creation to 3D sampling, prototyping, and patterning, providing a resource for executives to understand the current technological landscape. Credits: FashionUnited AI Solutions for Apparel Design & Product Development 1. Generative Design & Concept Creation Onbrand AI Design AI-powered garment concepting, mood boards, photoreal renders, and unified collaborative workspaces from text, sketch, or image. AI-powered garment concepting, mood boards, photoreal renders, and unified collaborative workspaces from text, sketch, or image. The New Black Generative AI platform for fast sketching, theme exploration, and visualizing collection variations. Generative AI platform for fast sketching, theme exploration, and visualizing collection variations. Turns text or concepts into finished apparel visuals; multiple design variations for fast evaluation. Turns text or concepts into finished apparel visuals; multiple design variations for fast evaluation. Modelia High-quality, photoreal digital mockups ready for e-commerce, marketing, or lookbooks. High-quality, photoreal digital mockups ready for e-commerce, marketing, or lookbooks. Fast sketch-to-image design; turns rough concepts into refined digital garment visuals. 2. 3D Sampling, Prototyping & Patterning CLO 3D Industry standard for 3D garment simulation, pattern automation, and true-to-life fabric fit/drip. Industry standard for 3D garment simulation, pattern automation, and true-to-life fabric fit/drip. Browzwear End-to-end 3D suite: pattern digitization, virtual try-ons, design-to-production integration. End-to-end 3D suite: pattern digitization, virtual try-ons, design-to-production integration. Rapid, photorealistic design generation, sampling, and visualization of multiple trims/fabrics. Rapid, photorealistic design generation, sampling, and visualization of multiple trims/fabrics. Refabric AI-powered assistant for the full technical workflow: generates garment patterns (with zero-waste layouts), provides open material simulation and real-time 3D visualization. Strong sustainability and collaboration features. These tools all catalyze faster, more collaborative, and more sustainable product development — empowering both established brands and independent creators in the apparel sector. Read more about other specific solutions for AI models, styling, content, VMI, in-store AI and more on the Technology in Fashion special page.
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Teenage assassin sparks more conspiracy theories as he reveals how much he was paid to target Colombian political candidate
The 15-year-old boy under arrest for shooting Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay told investigators that he was hired by a network of assassins. Juan Sebastían Rodríguez Casallas said that he was offered 20 million pesos, around $4,800, to assassinate the 39-year-old senator, City TV reported Wednesday. The troubled teenager also told investigators that he was promised that the money would be transferred after taking out Uribe Turbay, the TV news show Noticias Caracol revealed Wednesday. A video filmed by Venezuelan migrant and English teacher Héctor Montero showed Rodríguez Casallas standing several feet behind the conservative presidential hopeful while addressing a crowd of about 250 supporters at a rally on Saturday when he shot him twice in the head and once in the leg. The Attorney General's Office charged the teenager with attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm during a hearing Tuesday. Rodríguez Casallas, who is hospitalized and recovering from leg wounds, pleaded not guilty to both charges. Uribe Turbay underwent emergency surgery at Santa Fé Foundation hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Noticias Caracol also revealed Wednesday never-before-seen surveillance footage that showed Rodríguez Casallas stepping off the backseat of a motorcycle at 3:22 pm in the Bogotá neighborhood of Modelia, just blocks away from the park where Uribe Turbay would later meet with supporters. The teen shooter removed his helmet and placed a red cap before a man, who was riding the bike, got off and removed his helmet. They had a brief conversation before Rodríguez Casallas placed a call with his cell phone. A security camera caught a silver vehicle parking on the side of a street on Ferrocarril Avenue at 3:41 pm. The boy would be spotted five minutes later walking around a corner and approaching the car. He spoke to the driver for a while and then walked away as he carried out a conversation on his phone as the car pulled away. A separate camera picked up the silver car stationed five blocks away from El Golfito Park, where Uribe Turbay was holding the rally, at 5:20 pm. Two minutes elapsed when Rodríguez Casallas stepped out of the driver's seat of the vehicle. A short while later, a bearded man wearing a white shirt and black sunglasses to conceal his identity got off the rear door while a young woman wearing a black jacket and carrying a black handbag stepped off on the opposite side. Surveillance footage later showed Rodríguez Casallas speed walking down a sidewalk as the man and the woman followed him, but kept their distance. A woman appeared surprised at the pace at which the teenager was walking and stopped to look back as held her pet dog by the leash. Rodríguez Casallas arrived at the park at 5:26 pm and made his way through the crowd shortly before he aimed his weapon and fired at Uribe Turbay. The teen fled the park through a southern exit and ran down a residential block, where he was shot on one of his legs and apprehended at 5:30 pm. 'I did it for money, for my family,' Rodríguez Casallas cried to the arresting officers. 'Sorry, I did it for money, for my family.' Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed on Monday that Uribe Turbay's security team was 'reduced' before the assassination attempt. 'For my part, I must now report that Senator Uribe's protection detail was strangely reduced on the day of the attack. From 7 to 3 people,' Petro wrote on X. He also bizarrely claimed to be the subject of bounty plot against him. 'I know my head already has a price and is being handed over to dark, neo-Nazi, and non-republican forces, both domestic and foreign,' he wrote in the same post. 'They even went so far as to demand that the Mossad perform an extraction operation. Authorities have not said how Rodríguez Casallas was able to acquire the 9mm Glock that he used in the assassination attempt. National Police director, General Carlos Triana, said during a press conference Monday that the gun was legally acquired by in Mesa, Arizona on August 6, 2020. A law enforcement source told El Tiempo newspaper that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was able to identify the buyer as Charles Joe Anderson. AJI Sporting Goods owner Jeff Serdy told the Daily Mail on Monday that he had not been contacted by officials from Colombia or the US. He explained that his shop brokered the gun's transfer from a dealer to his store, as buyers cannot purchase directly from a dealer and then have firearms delivered to their homes. Serdy said his shop received a $30 processing fee for the transfer, but did not sell the gun to Anderson. He only picked it up there. 'For the record all state and federal laws were very strictly followed during this transaction,' he said, adding that a background check was conducted. Senator Uribe Turbay is the son of a journalist Diana Turbay, who was kidnapped and killed in 1991 during one of the country's most violent periods. His maternal grandfather, Julio César Turbay, was president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982. Colombia will hold a presidential election on May 31, 2026, the end of the current term of Petro, the first leftist to come to power in Colombia. Uribe Turbay announced his presidential bid in March.
