Miguel Uribe Turbay, a senator and presidential candidate, has died after spending two months in the ICU after being shot during a rally by a minor who was acting as a hitman.
Uribe, a member of a notable political dynasty and a right-wing opposition congressman, was shot in Bogota on June 7 while speaking to obtain his party’s ticket for the 2026 elections.
“I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you. Rest in peace, love of my life; I will take care of our children,” wrote Maria Claudia Tarazona, his wife, in a social media post.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that he was deeply saddened by the news, adding, “The United States stands in solidarity with his family, the Colombian people, both in mourning and demanding justice for those responsible.”
The incident was the worst outbreak of political violence in two decades, bringing back memories of the violent 1980s and 1990s, when four presidential candidates were killed in separate attacks blamed on drug cartels.
