Colombian right -wing opposition Senator Miguel Uribe, who on Saturday at the election meeting became the target of the assassination, underwent the first operation. According to AP, these were “neurosurgical and peripheral vascular intervention”. Mayor of Bogota Carlos Fernando Galan added that The procedure was successful but the next clock will be critical, He writes TASR.
The Office of the Attorney General, who investigates the shooting at the Bogota election meeting, said that The Senator suffered two gunshot wounds. In addition to Uribe, two other people were injured. The prosecutor’s office states that a 15-year-old boy with a firearm was detained at the crime scene. The Colombian government announced that it offers a reward for catching all responsible for the attack.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro in a statement on the X X “” Decest and categorically “condemned the attack in Uribe. Given the seriousness of the incident, he canceled the planned journey to France. Saturday late night, after an extraordinary meeting of the State Security Council, Petro – the first left -wing president in the history of Colombia – promised “complete transparency” of the investigation and identification of the attack initiators. At the same time, he promised to check the possible failures of Uriba’s personal guards.
Uribe is a member of the Opposition Conservative Party Democratic Center (CD), founded by former President Álvaro Uribe. Reuters noted that the ex -president and senator are a namesake. Miguel Uribe is the son of a journalist who was kidnapped and killed in 1991 during one of the most powerful periods in the history of Colombia. At the same time, he is the nephew of journalist Diana Turbay, the daughter of former President Julia César Turbay, who in the order of drug baron Pablo Escobar was kidnapped by a Medellin cartel. Diana Turbay lost her life in January 1991 during an unsuccessful rescue operation.
Uribe announced his intention to run in the presidential election in March. The elections will take place on 31 May 2026 and will end with Petrov’s term. Former President of Alvaro Uribe, in response to the assassination, said that “they attacked the hope of the country, a great husband, father, son, brother and colleague”.
The attack was also condemned by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Solidary statements came from all over Latin America – Chilean President Gabriel Boric stressed that “there is no room for violence”, and Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa strongly condemned “all forms of violence and intolerance”. Both of them The President expressed solidarity to the Senator family. “Miguel is fighting for life,” His wife María Claudia Tarazona wrote on the Senator account on the X Network and called on Colombians to pray for him.
