{"id":2072977,"date":"2025-08-12T22:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=2072977"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:08:03","slug":"colombia-mourns-senator-miguel-uribe-turbay-in-silent-plaza-de-bolivar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/latest-news\/2025-08-12\/colombia-mourns-senator-miguel-uribe-turbay-in-silent-plaza-de-bolivar\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia mourns Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in silent Plaza de Bolivar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paula Cabaleiro <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bogot\u00e1 (EFE).- Colombia bid farewell on Tuesday to Senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died Monday after succumbing to injuries from a June assassination attempt, in a solemn ceremony at Bogot\u00e1\u2019s Plaza de Bol\u00edvar that silenced the usually bustling political square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flags outside Congress flew at half-mast as a steady stream of citizens lined up from 8:00 am to enter the National Capitol and pay respects at the coffin, draped with the Colombian flag and guarded by the Presidential Guard Battalion, police, and Bogot\u00e1 city officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitors entered in groups of 15, leaving flowers, crossing themselves, or quietly reciting prayers before exiting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis absence is a painful blow for those of us who were his friends and shared legislative work with him. His departure leaves a void in a country that needs democrats like him,\u201d said Attorney General Gregorio Eljach.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2073460\" style=\"width:733px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-61.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-assassination-attempt-to-national-farewell\"><strong>From assassination attempt to national farewell<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot on Jun. 7 while speaking with supporters in Bogot\u00e1\u2019s Modelia neighborhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two bullets to the head and one to the left leg left him in critical condition for 64 days at Fundaci\u00f3n Santa Fe hospital, where he died early Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack, now under investigation by the Attorney General\u2019s Office, led to six arrests and prompted widespread condemnation both in Colombia and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2073457\" style=\"width:730px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-60.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rising figure in the right-wing opposition party Centro Democr\u00e1tico, led by former Colombian President \u00c1lvaro Uribe, to whom he was not related, Uribe Turbay\u2019s career was widely seen as on track toward a 2026 presidential bid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His coffin arrived at the Capitol on Monday to a military march, white handkerchief salutes, and a minute of silence. It will remain there until Wednesday noon before moving to Bogot\u00e1\u2019s Primatial Cathedral for funeral services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tensions-erupt-amid-mourning\"><strong>Tensions erupt amid mourning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day\u2019s solemnity was briefly disrupted when chants against President Gustavo Petro broke out in the queue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the cries of \u201cOut with Petro!\u201d grew louder, supporters of Petro\u2019s Pacto Hist\u00f3rico party responded with shouts against former President Uribe and the slain senator, sparking verbal confrontations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut they\u2019ve already killed him, leave us in peace,\u201d some mourners replied. The standoff cooled when the crowd began chanting \u201cUribe, Uribe, Uribe!\u201d and continued toward the Capitol entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2073453\" style=\"width:728px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-59.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mar\u00eda Victoria Cebri\u00e1n, a Bogot\u00e1 resident, told EFE she came \u201cto mourn a man who did not deserve what happened to him\u201d and would have voted for him in 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another mourner, Luis Alfonso Castellanos, 38, said, \u201cUribe deserved to be here in Congress\u201d and \u201cwould have had a place in the Casa de Nari\u00f1o\u201d, Colombia\u2019s presidential palace, had he not been killed. EFE <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pc\/seo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Paula Cabaleiro Bogot\u00e1 (EFE).- Colombia bid farewell on Tuesday to Senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died Monday after succumbing to injuries from a June assassination attempt, in a solemn ceremony at Bogot\u00e1\u2019s Plaza de Bol\u00edvar that silenced the usually bustling political square. 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