Capres Colombia Miguel Uribe is still critical of receiving a shot in the head of the campaign

Monday, June 9, 2025 – 07:10 Wib

Bogota, alive – It was reported that the Colombian presidential candidate, Miguel Uribe Turbay, was a brutal victim of shooting while attending a campaign event in a park in the Fontibon area, the capital of Colombia. This terrible incident occurred on Saturday, June 7, 2025 and was confirmed by the office of the local attorney general.

In a viral video on social networks, it was clear that Uribe Turbay suffered two bullet wounds after an armed striker shot from behind. It seemed to be covered with blood on the head when the assistant and the residents rushed to provide help.

Life struggle and the latest conditions

According to a medical report from the Santa Fe Foundation, Uribe Turbay was urgently taken to the hospital in a critical condition and still underwent “nerve and vascular surgery procedures.”

Reporting Sky News, his wife, Maria Claudia Tarazone, even had time to get on account X that her husband was “fighting for her life” and requested prayers of all the people of Colombia.

Shortly after, Tarazone gave the last news that was said. “Miguel left the operating room, he succeeded. Every hour is a critical moment. He fought for the first time and went well. He would take time,” she wrote, said a long fight that her husband had to pass.

The hospital explained that Uribe Turbay had undergone surgery in the head and left in the thigh. Now he is still in intensive care, where the doctors team continues to stabilize their condition. In this incident, two other people were also reported injured, but the type of wound experienced had not been published.

The 15 -year -old boy is the intellectual author of the shooting

Even more surprising, the suspect of the attack was a 15 -year -old teenager. He was arrested on the scene with evidence of firearms. General Police Chief Carlos Triana added that the suspect was also receiving treatment due to feet injuries.

The Colombian government did not remain silent. They immediately offered a fantastic prize of $ 730,000 (around RP12 billion) for any person who had information related to this incident. President Gustavo Petro firmly declared that the investigation would focus on revealing who was behind the brutal attack.

“For now there is nothing more than a hypothesis,” Petro said. He also confirmed that he would investigate a failure in a security protocol that was supposed to protect Senator Uribe Turbay.

International history and criticism

It is known that Uribe Turbay announced his nomination as president in March, representing the Central Democratic Party. When the shooting took place, it was accompanied by a team of 21 members, including the member of the Junta Andrés Barrios. He has ambitions ahead in the presidential elections on May 31 of next year, to replace Petro, the first leader of the left in Colombia.

The Uribe Turbay family is no stranger to violence. His mother, who works as a journalist, was kidnapped and killed in 1991, in one of the darkest periods in Colombia.

Uribe Turbay’s party strongly condemned this incident as “unacceptable violence.” Criticism also came from the international scene. The United States Foreign Minister Marco Rubio condemned this “as hard as possible” attack through X. Rubio also urged the current Colombian president to “reduce incitement and protect Colombian officials.”

Support flows profusely from various parts. The former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe (who has no blood relations with Uribe Turbay), affirms that the attacker “attacked the country’s expectations, a husband, son, brother and colleagues.” He even canceled his trip to France due to the “seriousness of the incident.”

President Chile, Gabriel Boric, also expressed concern: “There is no space or justification for violence in democracy.” In line with that, President Ecuador, Daniel Novoa, added: “We condemn all forms of violence and intolerance.”