It presents a persistent cerebral edema and a bleeding of difficult control. Your prognosis is reserved.
The health status of the Colombian presidential senator and candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is critical After being subjected to emergency surgery, according to the Santa Fe Foundation Clinic in Bogotá on Monday. On Monday night, dozens of people gathered in front of the clinic to express their support through prayers and encouragement messages.
Uribe Turbay, 39 and a member of the Democratic Center Party, was wounded with three shots in the head during a public act on June 7. According to the medical part, the senator presents a persistent cerebral edema and a hemorrhage of difficult controlso your forecast continues to be reservedand remain low constant medical surveillance.
After the mass demonstrations on Sunday throughout the country in favor of peace and the recovery of the senator, President Gustavo Petro reiterated his call to the National Unit and to the rejection of violence. The president also announced that he has requested international support to advance the investigation of the attack. “We will know who the murderers are,” he wrote in his X account.
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Who is Miguel Uribe Turbay
Miguel Uribe Turbay is a lawyer and politician Colombian born on January 28, 1986 in Bogotá. Member of the right -wing party Democratic Center, was Councilor for Bogotá, Secretary of Government and Senator of the Republic.
She is the grandson of former president Julio César Turbay Ayala and her mother, the journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped and killed in 1991 by the Medellín cartel when he was five years old. In March 2025, Uribe Turbay announced his presidential candidacy for the 2026 elections.
Investigation ongoing and political tension
In parallel, chats of the detainee were leaked, in which the attack was supposedly coordinated: “It has to be today”read in one of the messages, the local press revealed.
The case generated massive condemnations by all political sectors, unions and citizens, who claim electoral security guarantees In the face of the presidential ones of 2026. Miguel Uribe, one of the main opposition figures, is considered a benchmark of the new generation of Uribismo.
The evolution of its state of health became the main focus of national and international care. Colombia lives hours of political uncertainty and deep concern.
Source: Ambito
