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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Chelsie Napiza

Senator Miguel Uribe Dies at 39 – Decades After His Mother's Murder in 1991: What Happened?

Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, pictured during a public event, was critically wounded in June 2025 and died after months in intensive care, marking a tragic loss for Colombia’s political landscape. (Credit: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCZkPgmJ-dC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

Colombian senator and rising presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died aged 39 on Monday, more than two months after he was critically wounded in a shooting at a campaign rally in west Bogotá.

His death has reopened old wounds in a country still grappling with the legacy of political violence—and for a family that has carried it for generations. Police arrested a teenage suspect at the scene on 7 June when he was shot at during a campaign rally.

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