Uribe Turbay was twice shot on his head and once in a leg by a 15 -year -old while speaking to dozens of supporters.
The Colombian Attorney General said on Friday that a fourth person was accused of alleged involvement in the attack on the senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uriba Turbay, who was shot by a teenager on June 7.
The accused is William Fernando González Cruz, known as “El Hermano” or “El Viejo”, to whom the crimes of attempted aggravated murder were imputed; manufacture, trafficking, possession or possession of firearms and ammunition; Use of minors for crimes; and concealment, alteration or destruction of material evidence, according to a statement from the Attorney General.
González Cruz rejected the accusations and, at the request of the Colombian prosecutor, will remain deprived of liberty in a prison while the lawsuit continues.
According to the investigation, the defendant will have participated in the planning of the attack, including the location and selection of the Children under the age of 15 who fired the shot at Uribe Turbay, shot him twice on his head and once in a leg when the senator spoke to dozens of supporters In a park in the Modelia neighborhood, west of the capital, in the context of political activity with a view to the 2026 presidential elections.
González Cruz is also accused of having parked a vehicle near the attacking site to facilitate the escape of others involved, as well as selling one of the mobile phones used in coordinating the attack to divert attention from the authorities.
Gunman was arrested
With González Cruz, there are now four people formally accused of alleged involvement in the attack. This last detention had been anticipated by the local media, which published images of the capture yesterday in Bogota.
Minutes after the senator’s attack, the shooter, a minor in possession of a Glock pistol, was arrested And last week, the Colombian prosecutor presented two other alleged authors, Carlos Eduardo Mora and Katerine Martínez, who accused being “co-authors”.
Miguel Uribe Turbay “continues to fight for life”according to his wife, María Claudia Tarazona, in a message on Thursday, in which she thanked the medical team “the titanic effort to keep Miguel alive”, for whom dozens of people have a permanent wakefulness to the clinic door since the attacking day.
According to Miguel Uribe’s lawyer, Victor Mosquera, the advances in investigations reveal that a “structured organization”, with a “right -wing leaders’ storytelling”, was the origin of the attack.
Miguel Uribe, a member of the Democratic Center Party of the former right-wing president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010, of whom he is not familiar), announced last October his intention to apply for the May 2026 presidential elections.
Miguel Uribe Turbai is the son of Diana Turbay, a journalist murdered in January 1991, after being kidnapped by Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel and grandson of Julio Cesar Turbay, president of Colombia between 1978 and 1982.
