Overview

• Uribe Turbay was shot multiple times at a campaign event in the Fontibon district and is undergoing neurosurgical and vascular procedures at the Santa Fe Foundation hospital.
• Authorities detained a 15-year-old suspect at the scene, seized a 9 mm firearm, and offered a 3 billion peso reward (~$730,000) for information on accomplices.
• President Gustavo Petro condemned the attack, cancelled a planned trip to France, and pledged complete transparency in the government's inquiry.
• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced the incident as a direct threat to democracy and called on Colombia’s leadership to tone down inflammatory rhetoric.
• The shooting has revived memories of Colombia’s violent past, notably the 1991 killing of Uribe Turbay’s mother by Pablo Escobar’s cartel, and raised fresh security concerns.