{"id":2473187,"date":"2025-08-11T08:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombian-presidential-candidate-miguel-uribe-dies-after-campaign-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:32:42","slug":"colombian-presidential-candidate-miguel-uribe-dies-after-campaign-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombian-presidential-candidate-miguel-uribe-dies-after-campaign-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe dies after campaign shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolombian-presidential-candidate-miguel-uribe-dies-after-campaign-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2473187&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has died at the age of 39, two months after being shot in the head during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">campaign event<\/a> in Bogot\u00e1. Uribe spent nine weeks in the hospital following the June 7 shooting before succumbing too his injuries due to brain bleeding. Four suspects, including a 14-year-old boy identified as the shooter, were arrested and charged with attempted murder and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-cops-shot-at-chicago-hot-dog-stand-suspect-in-custody\/\" title=\"Two Cops ... at Chicago Hot Dog Stand, Suspect in Custody\">illegal firearm possession<\/a>; three adults also faced charges for involving a minor in the crime. The motive behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a> remains unclear<\/a>. Uribe&#8217;s death has sparked mourning from prominent Colombian leaders,including former President \u00c1lvaro uribe V\u00e9lez and ex-President Iv\u00e1n Duque Marquez,who condemned the violence and praised Uribe&#8217;s leadership. Miguel Uribe was also notably the son of journalist Diana Turbay, who was killed in 1991 after being kidnapped by the Medell\u00edn drug cartel.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe dies months after campaign event shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2200057\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Miguel Uribe, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Colombian\">Colombian<\/a> senator and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">presidential hopeful<\/a>, has died at age 39, two months after he was shot in the head during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campaign\">campaign<\/a> event.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, confirmed the tragic news on social media Monday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3493802\/antifa-organization-movement-has-metastasized\/\">How the antifa movement has metastasized<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3495486\/redistricting-wars-threaten-make-congress-partisan\/\">Redistricting wars threaten to make Congress more partisan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3495981\/vance-hopes-musk-will-rejoin-maga-movement-before-midterm-elections\/\">Vance hopes Musk will rejoin MAGA movement before midterm elections<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;You will always be the love of my life. Thank you for a life full of love, thank you for being a father to the girls, the best father to Alejandro,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNNfZGqOLm9\/?igsh=aG5hN2QxYnc3N3Y4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote in Spanish\">wrote in Spanish<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rest in peace, love of my life. I will take care of our children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Uribe succumbed to his critical injuries after spending nine weeks in the hospital. The hospital that treated him <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FSFB_Salud\/status\/1954231381497934112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> over the weekend that he was experiencing bleeding in the brain before his death.<\/p>\n<p>On June 7, the presidential hopeful from Colombia&rsquo;s right-wing opposition party was shot in Bogota during a campaign rally in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<p>Four people, including a 14-year-old boy identified as the shooter, were arrested in connection with the shooting. All four were charged with attempted murder and illegal firearm possession, while the three adults were hit with charges for using a minor to commit a crime.<\/p>\n<p>All four have pleaded not guilty to the charges and told prosecutors they targeted Uribe in the assassination attempt on orders from Elder Jose Arteaga Hernandez, who was taken into custody last month.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not determined a motive for the shooting, which came just as campaigning for Colombia&rsquo;s 2026 presidential election was beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Uribe&rsquo;s death drew mourning on social media from prominent Colombian figures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Evil destroys everything, they killed hope,&rdquo; former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlvaroUribeVel\/status\/1954843657569288253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote in Spanish\">wrote in Spanish<\/a> on X. &ldquo;May Miguel&rsquo;s struggle be a light that illuminates Colombia&rsquo;s rightful path.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Duque Marquez, who was Colombia&rsquo;s president from 2018 to 2022 and led Uribe&rsquo;s Democratic Center party, also mourned his death on behalf of the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3434785\/colombian-senator-shot-bogota-campaign-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"COLOMBIAN SENATOR SHOT IN BOGOTA DURING CAMPAIGN EVENT\">COLOMBIAN SENATOR SHOT IN BOGOTA DURING CAMPAIGN EVENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Terrorism has taken from us a promise of Colombia and an upright and transparent leader,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IvanDuque\/status\/1954852364667523179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said on social media\">said on social media<\/a>. &ldquo;Colombia mourns, but it will not surrender to the criminals who took the life of an admirable young man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Uribe is the son of a murdered journalist. 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