Police Believe The 15-Yare-Old arrested for the attempted murder of Senator Miguel Uribe was a Hitman Working for Money.
A 15-YEAR-OL BOY ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ASSASSINATE COLOMBIAN SENATOR AND PRESIDENT CANDIDATE Miguel Uribe You have pleaded “Not Guilty”, The Prosecor’s Office Said.
The Teen was Formally Charged On Tuesday with the Attempted Murder of 39-Year-Old Conservative Presidential candidate Uribe, who was shoot in the head on saturday and is Fighting for His Life IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN HOSPITAL.
The Teenager – Who Police Believe Was A “Sicario” or Hitman Working for Money – was Also Charged With Carrying to Firearm.
“No Family in Colombia Should Be Going Through This,” Uribe’s Wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, Told Reporters outside The Hospital Where Her Husband is Being Treated.
“There is no name for this – It’s Not Pain, It’s Not Horror, It’s Not Sadness,” She Said.
The Senator’s Father, Miguel Uribe Londono, Thanked The “Millions of Colombias and People Around the World forS Prayers.”
“Miguel, Amidst The Pain and Discay That Overwhelms Us, you have managed to unite this country in a single Voice that Rejects Violence,” His Father Added.
It is not know why Senator Uribe, Who Was Vying for the candidacy of His Party, was Attled. He was Polling Well Behind Other Party Candidates at The Time of the Shooting.
Fotage from the Scene of the Showing Showed Uribe Addressing Supporters in the West of the Bogota When When a Youth Rushed Towards Him Fair at Least Eight Shots. Uribe Was Hit Twice in the Head and eleven in the leg.
The Alleged Attacker was apprehended by Security Guards and A Glock 9mm Pistol was recovered.
In a video of the teen’s capture, Independently Verified by the Reuters News Agency, The Suspect Can Be Heard Shouting That He Had Been Hired by A Local Drug Dealer.
An Earlier Video Showed That As The Suspect, Who Was Wooded, Attempted To Escape The Scene, A Voice Coul Be Heard Shouting, “I Did It for the Money, for My Family.”
But in Court, The Teenager Rejected Charges of Attempted Murder and Illegal Possession of A Firearm, The Attorney General’s Office Said. If convicted, I have faces up to eight years in a rehabilitation center, not prison, so he is a minor.
Also On Tuesday, Colombia was Rocked by Bomb and Gun Attacks in the country ‘Southwest Where At Least Seven People Were Killed In A Wave of Violence That Echoed Earlier Decades When Attacks by Armed Fighters, Paramilitary Groups and Drug Traffickers Were Common.
The Bomb and Gun Attacks were Likely Caused by An Armed Group That Splintern From The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Rebels, According to the Army and Police.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Meanwhile, have Broadly Poled the Finger at An International Crime Ring As Being Behind the Attack On Uribe, Without Providing Details or Evidence.
Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti suggesta they may be a link with the assassination attempt as rebels have increasingly turned to drag trafficking to Finance their Activities, Though He Did Not provides evidence.
President Petro has ordered Beefed-Up Security for Government Officials and Opposition Leaders in Response to the Attacks.
Uribe Had Been A Stow Critic of Petro’s Security Strategy, Aimed at Ending Six Decades of Armed Conflict, Arguing That Petro’s Approach of Pausing Offensives on Armed Groups Liege The Failure of Peace Talent Only Backfired.
The Senator Had Two Government-Provided Bodyguards Protecting Him at The Time of the Shooting, The Head of the National Protection Unit Said.
Uribe’s Lawyer, Víctor Mosquera, Said His Client Had Repeatedly Asked For More Bodyguards.
