Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay passed away on Monday after several days in critical condition. The day before, Uribe had undergone emergency surgery at the Fundación Santa Fe clinic, where he remained hospitalized after suffering a setback in his recovery due to a hemorrhage in the nervous system. 38-year-old Uribe, who was running in the upcoming presidential elections in Colombia, was shot three times during an attack at a campaign rally in the city of Bogotá on June 7.
00:00Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay passed away on Monday after several days in critical state.
00:06The day before, Uribe had undergone emergency surgery at the Fundación Santa Fe Clinic,
00:11where he remained hospitalized after suffering a setback in his recovery due to a hemorrhage in the nervous system.
00:18Three-eight-year-old Uribe, who was running in the upcoming presidential elections in Colombia,
00:23was shot three times, twice in the head in an attack during a campaign rally in the city of Bogotá on June 7.
00:28He remained in an intensive care unit for more than two months, with an episode of slight improvement.
00:35Miguel Uribe Turbay was a lawyer and had a master's degree in public policy from the University of Los Andes.
00:41The senator came from one of the most influential families in Colombian politics.
00:46Turbay belonged to the far-right Conservative Democratic Center Party and was the grandson of Julio César Turbay Ayala,
00:53former president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982.
00:57His mother, Diana Turbay, was a journalist who was murdered by the Medellín cartel in 1991.
01:04And reactions began to pour in following the news of Miguel Uribe's passing.
01:09On ex-Colombian vice president Francia Márquez said the following,
01:13I deeply regret the passing of senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe.
01:17I send my deepest condolences to his family, friends and supporters at this time of grief.
01:23Today is a sad day for the country.
01:25Violence cannot continue to shape our destiny.
01:27Democracy is not built with bullets or blood.
01:30It is built with respect, dialogue and recognition of our differences, regardless of the composition.
01:36Colombian people, it is time to unite, to raise our voices strongly, to reject all acts of violence.
01:43We cannot allow fear and hatred to continue to rob us of our lives and hope.
01:47Also on ex-Senator Ivan Cepeda expressed his condolences and solidity to the family, friends and fellow party members of the senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay.
02:01Cepeda added that he hopes that the perpetrators of Uribe's murder are punished under criminal law and that political violence disappears in Colombia.
02:09For its part, the Institute for Development and Peace Studies deeply regrets the murder of presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe.
02:16We express our solidity and heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, team and members of the Democratic Central Party in the face of this irreparable loss.
02:28In the past, categories reject this atrocious act, which constitutes a serious expression of political violence and a direct attack on democracy and the right to participate freely in the political life of the country.
02:39This is necessary for the competent authorities to properly and rigorously investigate what happened, identifying and punishing those responsible for planning, organizing and carrying out this crime.
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