Overview

• Prosecutors upgraded charges to magnicide and arrested six suspects, including logistics coordinator Carlos Eduardo Mora Gonzalez and alleged mastermind Elder José Arteaga Hernández.
• Investigators traced a U.S.-sourced pistol and are probing an illicit arms network with suspected dissident FARC involvement and the use of a teenage gunman.
• Thousands of Colombians queued at the Congress building to pay respects during Uribe Turbay’s lying-in-state, with many chanting slogans against President Gustavo Petro.
• President Petro did not attend the funeral Mass or burial, offering only a misnamed minute of silence at a separate police ceremony.
• U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau attended memorial services despite Petro’s consideration of barring him, underscoring growing diplomatic friction.