Colombian Government handles three hypotheses about the attack on Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay

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At that meeting “some hypothesis of why this attack” against Uribe Turbay, of the Uribista Democratic Center, right and opposition to the Government were evaluated, and “some of them cannot be determined or distorted,” said the minister.

“We could group them into three large groups: if it was directly because they are Miguel Uribe Turbay, or if it was to be a political and everything that goes around their political party or if it is about destabilizing the national government, through attacks on some members who think differently to this government.”Sánchez Suárez said.

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Uribe Turbay, 39, received two bullet impacts shot by a man who was among a group of followers who listened to his speech during a political act in the Modelia neighborhood, in the west of the Colombian capital.

The politician was subjected to two operations at the Santa Fe Foundation, one of the most prestigious medical centers in the country, while the alleged aggressor, a 15 -year -old, was arrested in possession of a gun.

Prudence against destabilizing attempts

“This attack has an impact on the stability of our country”added the Minister of Defense, as Colombia is at the beginning of an electoral process for the legislative and presidential elections that will be held in March and May of next year.

Sanchez asked citizens “Sensorship, prudence and respect” Well, he said, on social networks they have found “Hate language” and other manifestations that “They are not typical of a mature democracy or a citizen culture”.

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Politicians of all parties have asked to put aside the incendiary and aversion speeches for next year’s elections and some have directly pointed to President Petro, which they accuse of fostering polarization.

On the investigations, the police director, General Carlos Fernando Triana, said that there are 188 police from different agencies who work with the Prosecutor’s Office in the collection of information to try to clarify the case.

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Although, according to local media, the detainee was confiscated a cell phone allegedly with information that could help in the investigations, General Triana said that “In the place of the events there was no cell phone”.

Threats to government members

Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, who also participated in the meeting, said that tomorrow there will be a Petro meeting with the presidents of the different political parties, to address the issue of electoral violence and guarantees for the 2026 elections.

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“What the Ministry of Interior and the government itself asks is that the insinuations of responsibility for that crime are over, because that takes us away from the truth and moving away from the truth we are much easier to fall into the abyss of violence.”Benedetti said.

The minister denounced that even some family members have received threats after the attack against Uribe Turbay, who have spread to Antonella Petro, daughter of the president.

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In this regard, Petro pointed out in his X account that in the Security Council ordered “The extension of the security systems of the members of the opposition and the families of the members of the National Government, given the new direct threats against the children of ministers and president”.

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