Colombian candidate to presidency shot in Bogota
Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, presidential candidate, was shot and wounded in Bogota during a campaign event.
Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe,39, a candidate in next year's presidential election, was shot in Bogota, capital city of the country. City Mayor said that the candidate was receiving emergency care in a hospital near Fontibon district, where he was attacked.
Miguel Uribe represents the right-wing opposition of Gustavo Petro's administration. In a statement, his party: Centro Democratico conservative party, said that their candidate was on a campaign event when he was shot from the back. Posted videos on "X" show the exact moment when Uribe was attacked from behind and the ambulance took him to the Santa Fe hospital.
Authorities said that a suspect has been arrested. According to some videos posted on X, the attacker is a 15-year-old minor. In the video, the young man said that he "will give you the numbers" referring to unveiled the people that hires him to shoot the senator.
Senator Uribe's career
Miguel Uribe Turbay was born on January 28, 1986. His mother was Diana Turbay, a journalist that was murdered in 1991 during a rescue operation by "Los Extraditables" Pablo Escobar's narcoterrorist group. This tradegy marked his life and the way how he wants to face Colombian violence.
He is also grandson of the former Colombian president Julio Cesar Turbay. His career began in 2012, when he was 25 years old. Uribe was chosen as councilman of Bogotá with the support of liberal leaders such as David Luna and Juan Manuel Galán. Since then, Uribe already was criticizing Gustavo Petro, since he was the major of the city.
Gustavo Petro condemn the attack
Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, posted on his X account that he condemns the attacks against senator Uribe. People who criticized his administration said that he commented "late" the situation. On the post, Petro remebered the murder of Uribe's mom and asked to stop the violence in his country.
Gustavo Petro, Colombian President, condemn Uribe's attack in Bogota remembered, Diana Uribe, his mother who was murdered in 1991. Photo: X
Traduction: "Colombia and its eternal violence. They want to kill the son of an Arab woman in Bogota, who had already been murdered, and one should not kill in the heart of the world. They kill the son and the mother. Respect life, that is the red line. Colombia should not kill its children, because they are also our children. Mafias of the earth, scabs of humanity. May the Arab families who arrived in Colombia live in peace. Colombia welcomes the world, and does not kill those who come from all corners of the planet. My solidarity to the Uribe family and the Turbay family. I do not know how to mitigate their pain. It is the pain of a departed mother and of the homeland."
Other members of the Colombian administration condemn the attack posting on his own X account. Ministers, congressmen and other senators talked about the attack, expressing solidarity to his relatives and rejecting any kind of violence. Antonio Sanguino (Minister), Armando Benedetti (Minister), Lena Estrada (Minister), Mafe Carrascal (Congresswoman) and Maria Jose Pizarro (Senator) are some of the authorities who talked about the attack.
