BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A teen who admitted taking pictures Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay throughout a political rally was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years of detention at a youth rehabilitation facility.
The sentence, introduced by Colombia’s Legal professional Basic’s Workplace, comes greater than two weeks after Uribe died from the accidents he suffered within the June 7 assault. The taking pictures alarmed Colombians, recalling a few of the darkest chapters of the nation’s drug-fueled violence.
The Legal professional Basic’s Workplace in an announcement stated the fees towards the 15-year-old boy included tried murder and the manufacture, trafficking, carrying or possession of firearms, equipment, elements or ammunition.
Uribe was shot thrice, twice within the head, whereas giving a marketing campaign speech in a park in a working-class neighborhood within the capital, Bogota. He remained in an intensive care unit in critical situation with episodes of slight enchancment till his loss of life on Aug. 11.
Authorities arrested {the teenager} close to the crime scene. They later took into custody 5 different folks, however they haven’t decided who ordered the assault or why.
The taking pictures, caught on a number of movies, alarmed Colombians who haven’t seen this type of political violence towards presidential candidates since Medellin drug lord Pablo Escobar declared struggle on the state within the Nineties.
Uribe, one of many strongest critics of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, in October introduced his plans to run for the presidency. Petro, the primary leftist to control Colombia, just isn’t eligible for reelection within the Might 2026 contest.
Uribe’s father, Miguel Uribe Londoño, entered the presidential race Tuesday in what he stated is an effort to maintain his son’s legacy alive and construct a safer and extra affluent Colombia.
