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Miguel Uribe Turbay

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Miguel Uribe Turbay
Senator of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2022
Secretary of Government of Bogotá
In office
1 January 2016 – 22 October 2018
MayorEnrique Peñalosa
Preceded byGloria Flórez
Succeeded byJuan Miguel Durán
Bogotá City Councilor
In office
1 January 2012 – 31 December 2015
LeaderHoracio José Serpa
Personal details
Born
Miguel Uribe Turbay

(1986-01-28) 28 January 1986 (age 39)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyDemocratic Centre (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
María Claudia Tarazona
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(m. 2016)​
Parents
Relatives
Education
Websitemigueluribe.com

Miguel Uribe Turbay[a] (born 28 January 1986) is a Colombian politician serving as a member of the Senate of Colombia since 2022. A member of the conservative Democratic Centre party, he is seeking the party's nomination for the 2026 presidential election. Uribe Turbay is the grandson of former president Julio César Turbay Ayala. On 7 June 2025, he was shot in an attempted assassination during a rally in Bogotá and was critically wounded.

Personal life

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Miguel Uribe Turbay was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1986, to Diana Turbay and Miguel Uribe Londoño. The prominent Turbay family [es] are descended from Lebanese immigrants who arrived in Colombia at the end of the 19th century.[2] His maternal grandfather, Julio César Turbay Ayala, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, served as president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982, while his maternal grandmother, Nydia Quintero Turbay, is a former first lady of Colombia.[2][3][4]

Uribe's mother, Diana Turbay, was a lawyer, journalist, and director of the news program Criptón.[2] In 1990, Diana Turbay was kidnapped by the Medellín Cartel and, in 1991, killed during a botched rescue attempt. Following his mother's death, Miguel Uribe Turbay was raised by his father, Miguel Uribe Londoño, a former Bogotá city councilor,Conservative Party senator, and head of the National Federation of Cocoa Growers.[5]

Uribe Turbay holds a law degree and a master's in public policy from the University of the Andes, as well as a master's in public administration from the Harvard School of Government.[1]

Uribe is married to María Claudia Tarazona.[6]

Political career

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In 2012, Uribe was elected to the Bogotá City Council for the Colombian Liberal Party. In 2016, he was appointed secretary of the government of Bogotá under Mayor Enrique Peñalosa. He ran for mayor of Bogotá in 2018 as an independent, but lost to Claudia López of the Green Alliance.[4]

In the 2022 parliamentary election, he was elected to the Senate for the Democratic Centre (CD).[4][1]

Assassination attempt

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Main article: Attempted assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay

On 7 June 2025, Uribe Turbay was shot from behind during a rally at El Golfito Park in the Modelia neighborhood of Fontibón, Bogotá. The BBC reported that he was "shot three times – reportedly twice in the head".[7] After he was shot, a gunfight took place between his bodyguards and the gunman, who was shot in the foot.[8] Bystanders also beat the fleeing perpetrator before he was taken into custody.[9] Two other people were injured during the attack.[10]In the video footage recorded at the time of the suspect's arrest, he can be heard shouting, "I'm sorry, I did it for the money, for my family".[11]

Uribe Turbay was transported to Engativá Medical Center in west Bogotá.[12][13] Later that night, he was transported by ambulance to the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá,[14] where chief neurosurgeon Dr. Fernando Hakim[15] led a combined neuro-surgical and peripheral-vascular operation. In a bulletin issued at 01:10 on 8 June, the hospital said that he had been admitted in critical condition.[16] The procedure was successful and Uribe Turbay left the operating theater alive. Despite showing signs of neurological improvement,[17] he remained in an "extremely serious" condition in the intensive-care unit following the initial surgery.[18][19][20] On 16 June, he underwent another emergency surgery due to bleeding in his brain.[21]

Suspect

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The suspect, described as a 14-year-old boy, was detained.[5][22][23][24] Authorities indicated that they believed he was a contract killer hired by others. The suspect pled not guilty in court on 10 June.[25] On 13 June, Colombian prosecutors charged an alleged accomplice, who had turned himself in.[26] A man accused of being the mastermind of the shooting was arrested in Bogota on 5 July 2025.[27]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Uribe and the second or maternal family name is Turbay.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Miguel Uribe Turbay" (in Spanish). Senate of Colombia.
  2. ^ a b c Barbosa, Julieth (9 June 2025). "Quienes son la familia Turbay: Los detalles de los parientes de Miguel Uribe". 360 Radio. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Quién es Miguel Uribe Turbay". La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). 20 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Quién es Miguel Uribe Turbay, el precandidato presidencial del partido de Álvaro Uribe en Colombia que fue baleado en un mitin en Bogotá". BBC Mundo. 8 June 2025. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Uribe Turbay, el candidato cuyo atentado revive las horas más oscuras de la violencia política en Colombia". France 24. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally". BBC. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally". BBC. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  8. ^ Paula Naranjo (8 June 2025). "Atentado Miguel Uribe: así fue como el presunto sicario, de 14 años, intentó huir; se enfrentó a bala con las autoridades" [Miguel Uribe Turbay attack: how the 14-year-old alleged hitman tried to flee; he exchanged fire with authorities]. Infobae. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  9. ^ Santanilla Ayala, Felipe (10 June 2025). "Presidente Petro revela que sicario del ataque a Miguel Uribe pidió que le consignaran en Nequi antes del atentado" [President Petro reveals that the hitman in the Miguel Uribe attack requested a Nequi transfer before the shooting]. El Tiempo. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  10. ^ Jones, Sam (8 June 2025). "Shot Colombian presidential candidate survives emergency surgery". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  11. ^ Diego Stacey (10 June 2025). "The young hitman who tried to kill Colombian senator Miguel Uribe: 'I'm sorry, I did it for the money, for my family'". El País. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  12. ^ Trivedi, Naman (8 June 2025). "Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay Shot During Campaign Event". Times Now. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  13. ^ Naranjo, Paula (7 June 2025). "Atentado Miguel Uribe: capturaron al presunto sicario implicado en el ataque contra el precandidato presidencial" (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Inicio". Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Dr. Fernando Hakim – Director, Departamento de Neurocirugía". Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Fundación Santa Fe revela que caso de senador Miguel Uribe reviste 'máxima gravedad'". Diario La República (in Spanish). 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  17. ^ Bocanegra, Nelson (11 June 2025). "Colombian senator Uribe shows signs of improvement after shooting". Reuters. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  18. ^ Freixes, Josep (8 June 2025). "Attack in Colombia: Miguel Uribe is in Stable Condition but with Guarded Prognosis". Colombia One. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  19. ^ Jones, Sam (8 June 2025). "Shot Colombian presidential candidate survives emergency surgery". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Colombian senator Uribe still in critical condition five days after shooting". Reuters. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Colombian senator in 'extremely critical condition' after being shot". BBC. 17 June 2025. Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Quién es Miguel Uribe Turbay, el precandidato presidencial del partido de Álvaro Uribe en Colombia que fue baleado en un mitin en Bogotá". BBC Mundo. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  23. ^ Glatsky, Genevieve; Turkewitz, Julie (8 June 2025). "Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Is Shot at Campaign Event". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  24. ^ Naranjo, Paula (7 June 2025). "Atentado Miguel Uribe: así fue como el presunto sicario, de 14 años, intentó huir; se enfrentó a bala con las autoridades" (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Teen pleads 'not guilty' to shooting Colombian presidential candidate". France 24. 10 June 2025. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  26. ^ "Alleged accomplice of teen gunman in Miguel Uribe attack indicted in Colombia". Voz. 13 June 2025.
  27. ^ "Alleged mastermind behind shooting of Colombian senator and presidential candidate arrested". AP News. 6 July 2025.
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