BOGOTA, Colombia– Colombian authorities on Tuesday billed a 15-year-old with tried murder for the assasination attempt on Miguel Uribe, the conventional governmental prospect that was fired in the head this weekend break and is currently terminally ill.
The Attorney general of the United States’s workplace stated the young adult chance at Uribe throughout a rally in Bogota’s Modelia community and was recorded leaving the scene with a weapon. The young adult, whose name has actually not been launched, begged innocent to the costs. He is presently recuperating in a medical facility from leg injuries.
Colombia’s Protection Preacher stated on Tuesday that authorities are still exploring that might have lagged the assault on Uribe, a 39-year-old legislator and one of the nation’s most visible opposition figures.
Equipped teams in Colombia often hire minors for murders and various other criminal activities, a method driven by the forgiving fines they deal with under Colombian legislation. The young adult billed with tried murder on Tuesday confronts 8 years in apprehension. A court has actually bought his apprehension at an adolescent facility as soon as he leaves healthcare facility.
The assault on Uribe has actually been extensively condemned in Colombia, where lots of citizens are worried concerning the nation’s weakening protection scenario.
Uribe, whose mother’s grandpa was a Colombian head of state, is the boy of Diana Turbay, a famous information support that was executed in 1991 after being abducted by the effective Medellin Cartel.
Colombian resistance celebrations have actually requested for better protection warranties following the assault, with some likewise prompting President Gustavo Petro to regulate his unsupported claims, as the country plans for governmental political elections following year.
While Petro condemned the assault on Uribe, he usually describes resistance leaders in his speeches and social media sites articles as “Nazis” “oligarchs” and “adversaries of individuals.”
On Tuesday, Uribe’s spouse MarÃa Claudia Tarazona dealt with reporters outside the healthcare facility where the legislator is being dealt with, asking for unity and tranquility.
” I get in touch with every market, on all the political teams, on armed teams and on every edge of this nation to recover,” she stated, including that Uribe “is a warrior that is defending his life.”
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