Overview

• The 15-year-old who admitted firing on Miguel Uribe Turbay was sentenced to seven years in a specialized youth facility under Colombia’s SRPA system for attempted homicide and illegal gun possession.
• The charges could not be upgraded to homicide because the teen accepted responsibility on August 4, before Uribe’s August 11 death, and the ruling is a first instance decision open to appeal.
• Prosecutors say the teen was recruited, armed with a 9mm Glock, and captured fleeing the June 7 rally shooting in Bogotá; he will not transfer to an adult prison upon turning 18, according to the prosecution.
• Authorities have detained six suspects, including alleged logistics coordinator Elder José Arteaga Hernández, and are probing the case as a magnicidio with Segunda Marquetalia cited as the leading hypothesis for intellectual authorship.
• Miguel Uribe Londoño launched a bid for the Centro Democrático nomination and, after the sentencing, condemned the penalty as too lenient while pledging to pursue tougher laws if elected.