The senator of Colombia and presidential candidate, Miguel Uribe Turbay, He successfully overcame the first surgery After arriving in “critical state” to a clinic in Bogotá, after being shot in a campaign act yesterday. The information was provided this Sunday, according to Sunday morning the mayor of the Colombian capital Carlos Fernando Galán.
Miguel Uribe “surpassed the first surgical intervention, said Galán, who said that The senator entered into “critical hours” of recovery to guarantee your survival.
Attack to Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in Bogotá: it was successfully operated
The news was also confirmed by Christian Garcés, a member in the House of Representatives of Colombia, who shared the words of María Claudia Tarazona, wife of the 39 -year -old right -wing leader: “’Miguel left surgery, he succeeded‘. Now a great effort in his recovery. “
The videos disseminated in social networks show the politician during a campaign speech in front of several people When shots sound. In other images, it appears lying on a vehicle, with The bloody and sustained body in arms for a group of men. The paramedics who attended him told media that received three bullet impactstwo of them in the head and one on a knee.
The Santa Fe Foundation, a clinic to which he was transferred, informed that he underwent a “Neurusurgical procedure” and “peripheral vascular”Local media ensure that At least one bullet hit between the neck and head of the senator.
For its part, the police argue that the attackers –who were identified as two minors, one of them 15 years old– Fire opened around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday during an event held in a popular neighborhood in western Bogotá. A video obtained by the agency AFPIt shows Uribe talking to a microphone in front of a tree minutes before the attack.
The Senator’s escorts reacted to the shots and a shooting occurred in which a person would have been injured. “Senator Miguel Uribe was … We were in meeting and I was already saying goodbye when a guy arrived on a motorcycle; The barbecue got off, took out the gun and gave three shots at close range, He hit him on his head, one in his chest“A witness said later.” There was lying there. They took him out of a truck, but they couldn’t. Then the ambulance arrived and they transferred it, ”he said. For his part, The United States blamed Gustavo Petro’s government.
The suspect It was captured by members of the Uribe security team and is injured in one legaccording to the head of the institution to journalists. Two other people who were in the place suffered “injuries.” For the moment The reasons for the attack are unknown.
The former president Mauricio Macri He claimed Petro in X that guarantees the investigation of the attack: “Very impacted by the criminal attack against Miguel Uribe, which threatens Colombian democracy. We hope that President Petro guarantees the identification of the intellectual authors of this attack.”
The senator is a member of the Conservative Democratic Party, whose leader is the influential president Álvaro Uribe, who ruled Colombia between 2002 and 2018. It is one of the Candidates for next year’s elections.
Senator since 2022, before he was Secretary of Government of Bogotá and City Councilor. He was also a candidate for mayor of the capital, but lost in 2019. Last October, he announced that he aspires to be elected president in 2026 to succeed Gustavo Petro, who is a strong critic.
The Senate emphasizes that Uribe Turbay addresses issues of economics, employment, security and strengthening of the public force and that promoted laws to improve access to essential services, such as education and health, especially in remote regions.
In addition, it is Diana Turbay’s son, a renowned journalist who was kidnapped in 1990 by Pablo Escobar, and killed the following year during a rescue operation; and grandson of former president Julio César Turbay Ayala, who ruled Colombia from 1978 to 1982.
They arrested Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay attackers
In a rapid reaction, The National Police captured one of the attackers at the scenewhile another was reached by the shots of the escorts and remains in medical custody.
He Defense Minister, Iván Velásquezhe announced through social networks that the Government offers a reward of up to 3,000 million pesos for information that allows the attack to clarify. At the same time, an investigation began to determine whether there was a political or criminal mobile behind the attack.
The news generated a wave of repudiation among leaders from different sectors. One of the first to pronounce was the senator and candidate María Fernanda Cabalwho expressed his solidarity with Uribe and demanded justice. Also the Mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando GalánHe condemned the fact and said that “the entire city is on alert to collaborate with the investigation.”
The senator Miguel Uribe Turbay It belongs to the party Democratic Centermain opposition force in Colombia, founded by the ex -president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. It comes from a family with strong political and media roots: he is the son of Diana Turbayjournalist killed in 1991 after being kidnapped by order of Pablo Escobarand grandson of the former president Julio César Turbay Ayalawho led the country between 1978 and 1982.
*With AFP agency information
Source: Ambito
