Colombian presidential candidate shot twice in the head at age 15

The headlines are tough, but reality is a more intense hit. On Saturday, Commoti spread across the country in Bogota, Bogota, a rising star in Colombia’s conservative Democratic Centre party and serious candidate for the 2026 presidency, when he was shot three times in the head twice.

Uribe Turbay was attacked while talking to supporters in the park. Police arrested the 15-year-old suspect at the scene carrying a 9mm Glock-type firearm, according to the Columbia Attorney General’s Office.

Left President Gustavopetro when Uribe fought for his life I said The state must protect the integrity of a 15-year-old boy. He can be heard in several videos, saying he will abandon the phone numbers of those who hired him to assassinate the presidential candidate. “The state’s first responsibility is to protect the lives of minors because he’s a child. That may seem scary, but the children are protected in Colombia,” Peter said. His statement had x.

Anti-Peter protests at Uribe’s clinic

Dozens of people I was screaming Outside the hospital where Uribe was undergoing surgery. That also didn’t resonate with most of the X. @mamerto0 said, “You have to sob to scream outside the clinic as if it were a stadium while Miguel Uribe Turbey fights for his life.”

Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez lamented the “depressing attack” and offered a reward of P300 million ($730,000, £540,000).

Uribe, who stepped into the public park to deal with his supporters, went straight into a nightmare. He suffered only a few metres of wounds from the stage and stained the pavement as supporters escaped. For Colombia, the attack is a horrifying resonance of the past. From the assassination of Luis Carlos Garan in 1989 to the unknown candidate killed on the airport runway at a political rally, memories of the campaign’s violence lingering. Many times, hope is bleeding in Colombian soil. The democratic ambitions embodied by Uribe, aiming to replace the incumbent leftist Gustavopetro, have always been at risk in a country struggling to shrug armed conflict.

Pablo Escobar invited his mother

Soon the fallout crosses the political lines. Opposition senators called for unity and better safeguards, but supporters of Peter and Uribe denouncing the legitimacy of the violence.

The Minister of Defense ordered a review of campaign security protocols for all candidates. International voices, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, were voiced. Rubio pointed his finger at inflammatory rhetoric, but stopped except for the name.

In political theatres and emotional discussions, Uribe’s personal story casts a long shadow. He is unfamiliar with tragedy: his mother, journalist Diana Turbey; I was invited He died in 1990 by Pablo Escobar Cartel Associates during a failed rescue.

Now, two generations later, violence has found him again. It raises an urgent question. Why do teenagers pull the trigger during the day? Who funded or supported this attack? And how safe is the campaign in Colombia today?

Are you trying to wash his hands?

Peter later urged the Colombians to pray well for Uribe about what he described as “the day of pain.” video A speech to the country. There was a “political difference” between Uribe and the government, but it was “just political,” he said.

“The most important thing today is to ensure that all Colombians focus on the energy of our minds and that with our will to live… Dr. Miguel Uribe will continue to live,” the president added.

This is Colombia’s latest warning. The bullet nearly kills Uribe, delivering a message. The political space remains contested. How the state responds through law enforcement, security reform and political tones speaks all about whether democracy here can survive another shock.