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Al Jazeera
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Shooting victim Colombia Senator Uribe Turbay critical after brain surgery
Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is reported to be in extremely critical condition after undergoing surgery to tend to a brain bleed, just more than a week after being shot in the head during a campaign event. The attack was part of an eruption of violence that has stoked fears of a return to the darker days of assassinations and bombings. The Santa Fe Foundation hospital on Monday said that Uribe was stable after undergoing a 'complementary' operation to his original surgery, but remained in serious critical condition. It added that an urgent neurological procedure had been necessary because of clinical evidence and imaging showing an acute inter-cerebral bleed, but that the brain swelling persisted and bleeding remained difficult to control. The 39-year-old potential presidential candidate from the right-wing opposition was shot in the head twice on June 7 during a rally in Bogota. The assassination attempt, which was caught on video, recalled a streak of candidate assassinations in the 1980s and 1990s, a time when fighting between armed rebels, paramilitary groups, drug traffickers and state security forces touched the lives of many Colombians. Three suspects, including a 15-year-old alleged shooter, are in custody. An adult man and woman are also being held. The 15-year-old boy, who police believe was a 'sicario' or hitman working for money, was charged last week with the attempted murder of Uribe, to which he pleaded not guilty. He was also charged with carrying a firearm. The adult man, Carlos Eduardo Mora, has been charged for alleged involvement in planning the attack, providing the gun and being in the vehicle where the shooter changed his clothes after the attack, according to the attorney general's office. Uribe is a senator for the conservative Democratic Centre party and one of several candidates who hope to succeed left-wing President Gustavo Petro in the 2026 presidential vote. He comes from a prominent political family. His grandfather, Julio Cesar Turbay, was president from 1978 to 1982, and his mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 in a botched rescue attempt after being kidnapped by an armed group led by drug cartel lord Pablo Escobar. The main dissident faction of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group on Friday denied responsibility for the attack on Uribe, though it did accept responsibility for a series of unrelated bomb attacks. Southwest Colombia was rocked by a series of explosions and gun attacks last week which has left at least seven people dead. The attacks hit Cali, the country's third-largest city, and the nearby towns of Corinto, El Bordo and Jamundi, targeting police stations and other municipal buildings with car and motorcycle bombs, rifle fire and a suspected drone. Colombia's government has struggled to contain violence in urban and rural areas as several rebel groups try to take over territory abandoned by the FARC after its peace deal with the government. Peace talks between the FARC-EMC faction and the government broke down last year after a series of attacks on Indigenous communities.
Bloomberg
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Colombia's Petro Blames ‘International Mafia' for Senator Shooting
Colombian President Gustavo Petro blamed a global crime syndicate for an attempted assassination that's shocked the Andean nation and left a contender for his job in critical condition. The leftist leader said late Monday in a lengthy post on social media he was ordering increased security measures for opposition leaders ahead of next year's presidential election.
Bloomberg
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Colombia's Petro Blames ‘International Mafia' for Hit on Senator
Colombian President Gustavo Petro blamed a global crime syndicate for an attempted assassination that's shocked the Andean nation and left a contender for his job in critical condition. The leftist leader said late Monday in a lengthy post on social media he was ordering increased security measures for opposition leaders ahead of next year's presidential election.
Wall Street Journal
02-06-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
Mexico Has Never Voted for Judges, and Now It's Electing 2,700
MEXICO CITY—Mexicans voted Sunday in nearly 2,700 judicial races for federal and state judges, a new practice that the government says will stamp out corruption but that opponents fear will give the ruling party control of the judiciary and empower candidates with criminal ties. Nearly 7,800 candidates participated in contests that will make Mexico the only country in the world to elect all its judges. In the U.S., many states elect judges, but federal judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Bloomberg
02-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Chile Presidential Polls Show Matthei With Slight Lead Over Kast
Chile center-right presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei held a small lead over more conservative contender Jose Antonio Kast atop two polls published on Sunday, reflecting an open race for the nation's top job. Matthei was backed by 21.5% of respondents in a Pulso Ciudadano poll, ahead of Kast with 17.5%. A weekly Cadem survey showed the onetime labor minister with 19%, in front of the lawyer and former lower house deputy with 16%.
