Overview

• Uribe Turbay was struck by three bullets—two to the head and one to the knee—during a June 7 campaign event in Bogotá and the 15-year-old assailant was arrested on site
• He has undergone two neurosurgical procedures and a vascular operation at Fundación Santa Fe and is now in critical but stable condition
• The Colombian government has offered up to 3 billion pesos for information on possible masterminds and is probing the attack’s planning and security lapses
• Investigators are reviewing the candidate’s security detail and questioning the detained teenager to determine motives and any accomplices
• International leaders including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have condemned the attack and urged enhanced protection for political figures