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Miguel Uribe Turbay
Colombian politician (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Personal life
Miguel Uribe Turbay was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1986, to Diana Turbay and Miguel Uribe Londoño. The prominent Turbay family 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]
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Political career
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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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]
Treatment
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
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]
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Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Uribe and the second or maternal family name is Turbay.
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