Tragedy has struck Colombia with the heartbreaking death of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a rising conservative star gunned down in a shocking act of violence.
Breitbart reported that Uribe, a frontrunner for the 2026 presidential race, passed away on Monday after a two-month battle for life following a horrific shooting at a Bogotá campaign rally.
Back on June 7, during a public event in the capital, Uribe was brutally attacked, shot three times by a boy aged between 14 and 15, with bullets striking his skull twice and his left leg once.
Rushed to the Intensive Care Unit at Santa Fe Foundation of Bogotá, Uribe fought valiantly for weeks, clinging to life as doctors worked tirelessly to save him.
Over the weekend, however, his condition took a devastating turn, with the hospital reporting a severe episode of bleeding in his central nervous system, necessitating emergency neurosurgery and intense sedation.
Despite these efforts, the 39-year-old senator succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Monday at 1:56 a.m., leaving behind a grieving family and a stunned political community.
A member of the Democratic Center party, led by former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Miguel Uribe was no stranger to the spotlight, having been elected senator in 2022 with the highest vote count that year.
Grandson of former President Julio César Turbay and son of journalist Diana Turbay, who was tragically killed in 1991 during a botched rescue from drug lord Pablo Escobar’s clutches, Uribe carried a family legacy of both service and sorrow.
Having soft-launched his presidential bid last October, recent polls showed him leading the pack for the 2026 election, a testament to his appeal among Colombians tired of far-left policies.
A vocal critic of current President Gustavo Petro since his days as a Bogotá councillor at age 25, Uribe never shied away from challenging what he saw as a dangerous progressive agenda—yet Petro has remained conspicuously silent on his passing.
Investigations into the attack revealed a chilling plot allegedly orchestrated by the Marxist FARC terrorist group, with commander José Aldinever Sierra Sabogal reportedly pulling strings from Venezuelan soil using local criminal gangs.
Last week, the minor shooter pleaded guilty to attempted murder and weapons charges, while a 17-year-old Venezuelan youth turned himself in, claiming knowledge of the scheme before distancing himself—only to later vanish from a welfare center under murky circumstances.
“You will always be the love of my life,” wrote Uribe’s wife, María Claudia Tarazona, in a gut-wrenching Instagram post, thanking him for their shared life and fatherhood to their children.
“I ask God to show me the way to live without you,” she continued, her words a raw reflection of loss that no political spin can soften—yet they underscore the personal toll of Colombia’s violent undercurrents.
Hours before his death, Uribe’s wife, party members, and supporters organized a rosary for his recovery and national peace, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered condolences, stating, “The United States stands in solidarity,” a reminder that this tragedy reverberates beyond borders. Justice must be served, not just for Uribe, but for a nation weary of bloodshed masquerading as ideology.