A man wearing a T-shirt with the image of Miguel Uribe Turbay, a potential candidate for Colombia’s presidency—who later died—holds a candle during a mass for Uribe’s health in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 21, 2025. Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images
A 15-year-old boy who admitted to inflicting fatal injuries on Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a potential presidential candidate, when he shot him at a political rally in June was sentenced on Aug. 27 to seven years of detention in a youth rehabilitation facility.
The sentence, announced by Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office, was handed down two weeks after Uribe Turbey died from his injuries on Aug. 11.
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