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Miguel Uribe Turbay is a senator and a strong opponent of President Gustavo Petro. Suspect has already been arrested and is 15 years old.

Miguel Uribe Turbayconservative senator and candidate for president of Colombia, was shot.

The attack took place on Saturday afternoon, while speaking in a rally in a park of the city of Fontibon, west of Bogota. Uribe was taken in Severe state to a medical center.

He was shot twiceaccording to the Attorney’s Office, but the ambulance paramedics who led him to the first medical center specified to the local press that the politician was hit twice in the head and once in a knee.

Uribe Turbay, um strong opponent of President Gustavo Petrobegan by being transported to the Medicentro Clinic, the medical center closest to the attacking site, where it received immediate care.

A nursing assistant at the clinic told local press that the state of the senator was extremely At the time of his admission: “He was unconscious. His state was critical,” he said, adding that They spent “45 minutes to revive him.”

Hours later, and due to the severity of the injuries, the senator was transferred by ambulance to the Santa Fe Foundation, a private hospital and one of the most reputable medical institutions in the country, located in the north of the Colombian capital, where he is expected to undergo surgery.

Medical sources indicated that the prognosis Senator continues reserved.

Suspect is 15 years old

The Colombian Attorney’s Office announced that the author suspect of the attack is a smaller 15 yearswhat it was detainee on site with a gun.

“The attack on the pre-candidate of the Democratic Center Party, which took two shots in the body and in which two other people were also injured, occurred in the Modelia de Fontibón neighborhood (…) where a minor was arrested with a Glock pistol type gun (9mm),” said Colombian prosecutor.

O President of Colombia canceled the trip that would do this Saturday to Nice (France) to participate in the UN ocean summit due to the attack.

The Colombian government announced in a statement that “for reasons related to the attack perpetrated this afternoon (Saturday) against Senator Miguel Uriba Turbay, it was decided to cancel the international trip that the President of the Republic, along with several of his ministers, had scheduled for tonight.”

The government underlined the gravity of the attack and the need for President Gustavo Petro to remain in the country.

“The severity of events and the commitment of the national government to the defense of institutions and the protection of all democratic actors in the country require the presence of the head of state and its government team in the country,” the text says.

The president canceled the trip to “give priority to all the institutional actions necessary to ensure security, clarify the facts and reinforce trust in the rule of law”, according to the statement.

Victim’s route

The attack against Uribe Turbay, member of the opposition party Democratic center and one of the most prominent presidential candidates, is causing strong political commotion in Colombia.

Miguel Uribe Turbay It is one of the main presidential candidates on the right to the 2026 elections.

To the 39 yearswith an elite education and a nickname that evokes both the political power and the wounds of the Colombian conflict, Uribe Turbay was emerging as the face of the generational renewal of uriblyism, with whose leader, former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), has no kinship relationship, but has many political affinities.

Degree in Law from Universidad de Los Andes, with masters degrees in public policy from the same institution and in public administration from Harvard University, Uribe Turbay combines the legacy of the family with its own political career.

He is the son of former conservative counselor Miguel Uribe Londoño and journalist Diana Turbay, murdered in 1991 during a failed rescue operation while kidnapped by the Medellin cartel.

It is also Net Do Antigo President Julio César Turbay Ayalawhich ruled Colombia from 1978 to 1982.

The Colombian government offered a reward up to 3 million pesos (638.7 thousand euros) for any information that leads to the capture of those responsible for what it designated as a “attack.”