Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe dies 2 months after being shot at rally

[ad_1] Miguel Uribe, the Colombian senator who had been hospitalized since he was shot within the head in June throughout a marketing campaign occasion, has died, his household mentioned Monday. He was 39.

Uribe, a father and stepfather, was shot within the head whereas giving a marketing campaign speech in Bogota on June 7 and underwent a number of surgical procedures throughout his subsequent hospital keep.

He had proven some enchancment in July, however his situation worsened over the previous weekend on account of a hemorrhage in his central nervous system, the hospital treating him mentioned Sunday.

"You will all the time be the love of my life," his spouse Maria Claudia Tarazona mentioned on Instagram early on Monday. "Thanks for a life stuffed with love, thanks for being a father to the ladies, the most effective dad to Alejandro.

"I ask God to point out me the trail to study to reside with out you," she added. "Relaxation in peace, love of my life, I'll handle our youngsters."

<img loading="lazy" alt="A dark haired woman puts her hands together in prayer while holding large beads." srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7605661.1754912296!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/colombia-politics-uribe-march.JPG?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7605661.1754912296!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/colombia-politics-uribe-march.JPG?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7605661.1754912296!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/colombia-politics-uribe-march.JPG?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7605661.1754912296!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/colombia-politics-uribe-march.JPG?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7605661.1754912296!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/colombia-politics-uribe-march.JPG?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7605661.1754912296!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/colombia-politics-uribe-march.JPG?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.4567901234567902" data-cy="image-img"/> A lady is proven at a march in Bogota on June 15, after the assault on Uribe. (Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters) The assassination has evoked recollections of intense political violence in Colombia's previous. Within the Eighties and Nineties, 4 presidential candidates have been murdered in separate assaults blamed on drug cartels allied with right-wing paramilitary loss of life squads.

Uribe's mom, journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 throughout a botched rescue mission after she was kidnapped by the Medellin Cartel, headed by drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Uribe's household is distinguished in Colombian politics. His maternal grandfather, Julio Cesar Turbay, served as Colombia's president from 1978 to 1982, whereas his paternal grandfather, Rodrigo Uribe Echavarria, headed the Liberal Occasion and supported Virgilio Barco's profitable 1986 presidential marketing campaign.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned in a put up on X that he was "deeply saddened" by the loss of life.

"The US stands in solidarity together with his household, the Colombian folks, each in mourning and demanding justice for these accountable," mentioned Rubio.

Critic of present PM Uribe had loved a fast political rise, changing into a acknowledged lawmaker for the right-wing Democratic Centre celebration and presidential hopeful recognized for his sharp criticism of leftist President Gustavo Petro's administration.

At 25, he was elected to Bogota's metropolis council, the place he was a distinguished opponent of Petro, then the capital's mayor, criticizing Petro's dealing with of waste administration and social applications.

In 2016, at 30, Uribe was appointed metropolis authorities secretary, the youngest particular person to carry the place.

He resigned from that put up in 2018 to launch an unsuccessful bid for mayor of Bogota as an impartial.

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Within the Senate, Uribe cemented his position as one of many main opposition voices to Petro, criticizing the federal government's peace technique geared toward ending Colombia's six-decade armed battle. Uribe mentioned the technique had backfired, as the federal government had paused offensives on armed teams as peace talks failed.

"Colombia wants management, unity and work. Peace can't be reached by means of impunity," Uribe instructed fellow lawmakers in July 2024, on the opening day of the legislative session. "Solely a severe safety coverage will incentivize criminals to put down their arms and undergo the regulation.

"With out safety there may be nothing. Prosperity is reached by means of alternatives and alternatives with funding, however for there to be funding there must be clear guidelines, incentives," he added.

He had been working to be chosen because the Democratic Centre presidential candidate within the 2026 election.

Six individuals are beneath arrest over the capturing, together with two males that the lawyer basic's workplace says met in Medellin to plan the assassination.

A 15-year-old accused of finishing up the capturing was arrested inside hours of the crime, however police have mentioned they're pursuing the "mental authors" of the assault.