BOGOTA, Colombia– Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a feasible prospect in the nation’s governmental political election following year, was fired and injured at a project rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities claimed.
His conventional Autonomous Facility event launched a declaration calling it “an inappropriate act of physical violence.”
The assault happened in a park in the Fontibon community when equipped aggressors fired him from behind, claimed the conservative event, which was established by previous Head of state Alvaro Uribe. The guys are unrelated.
Photos distributing on social media sites revealed Uribe Turbay covered in blood, evidently with a head injury, being held by numerous individuals. Up until now, no main record has actually been launched on the legislator’s problem.
A thought shooter has actually been caught, Bogotá Mayor Carlos Galán claimed on the social system X. However the federal government claimed it was using a benefit for the capture of those accountable.
” Regard life, that’s the red line,” Colombian Head of state Gustavo Petro claimed in a message published on his X account. Quickly after making the blog post, Petro terminated an intended journey to France “because of the severity of the occasions,” according to a governmental declaration.
Uribe Turbay is a legislator and the boy of a reporter that was abducted and eliminated in 1991 throughout among the nation’s most fierce durations.
Colombia will certainly hold a governmental political election on May 31, 2026, completion of the existing regard to Petro, the very first leftist to find to power in Colombia. Uribe Turbay revealed his governmental quote in March.
Colombian authorities principal Gen. Carlos Triana claimed that at the time of the assault Uribe Turbay was come with by Councilman Andrés Barrios and 20 other individuals. A small that apparently took part in the assault was nabbed at the scene and is being dealt with for a leg injury, he claimed. A weapon was additionally confiscated.
” I have actually gotten the Colombian armed forces and police and knowledge companies to release all their capacities to quickly clear up the realities,” claimed Protection Priest Pedro Sánchez.
Former Head of state Uribe claimed “they assaulted the hope of the nation, an excellent partner, papa, boy, bro, an excellent coworker.”
