A Criminal Network is Behind the Attack on Uribe Turbay: Colombian Prosecutor’s Office
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June 9, 2025 Hour: 10:07 am
On Saturday, he was shot twice while giving a speech at a campaign event in the Bogota neighborhood of Modelia.
On Monday, Colombian Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo stated that the investigation into the attack against Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is pointing to an organized criminal group. The masterminds of the attack, however, have not yet been identified.
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“We are perfectly aware that the young man who was arrested is merely the perpetrator,” she said at a press conference, adding that her “goal is to establish who carried out this criminal act.”
Currently, the investigation into the attack against Uribe Turbay is on a large scale, involving at least 180 officials, including investigators from the Attorney General’s Office, intelligence agents, and members of the National Police.
“With all our capabilities, we are conducting a judicious, transparent, and serious investigation,” Attorney General Camargo stated.
The text reads, “During a press conference, the National Police Director Gen. Carlos Fernando Triana revealed that the weapon used in the attack against Senator and pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was legally purchased in 2020 in Arizona. Authorities are conducting investigations to determine how the weapon entered Colombia, amid efforts to clarify the events surrounding this serious attack.”
On Saturday, Uribe Turbay, the presidential pre-candidate for the Uribe-backed Democratic Center party, was shot twice while giving a speech at a campaign event in the Bogota neighborhood of Modelia. The perpetrator of the crime was a 14-year-old boy who was later arrested.
That same day, the 39-year-old politician underwent two surgeries, on his head and a leg, at the Santa Fe Foundation, one of Colombia’s most prestigious medical centers, where he is hovering between life and death.
“His condition is extremely serious. Therefore, the prognosis remains reserved,” added Monday’s medical report, signed by Dr. Adolfo Llinás Volpe, medical director of Santa Fe Hospital.
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Source: EFE
