Miguel Uribe Turbay was a Colombian politician who served as a member of the Senate of Colombia from 2022 until his assassination in 2025. A member of the conservative Democratic Centre party, he had been seeking the party's nomination for the 2026 presidential election.
Another conservative politician, politically, (and physically) assassinated - the 4th this month.
Republika Srpska - President Milorad Dodik, Aug 6/25;
Gagauzia, Moldova, Evgenia Gutsul, Aug 5/25;
Brazil - Jair Bolsonaro – Aug 4/25;
Colombia - Miguel Uribe, Aug 11/25
Of course, this means that Colombia has fully reverted back to its Narco State ways.
Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe dies from shooting injuries
The hospital announced Saturday that Uribe's condition became critical due to a hemorrhage in his central nervous system and required "urgent neurosurgical procedures" to stabilize him.
Uribe was shot in the head from behind during a campaign event in June. A 14-year-old was arrested as the suspected gunman, and three adults were also arrested in connection to the incident.
All four were charged with attempted murder and illegal firearm possession, with the adults additionally charged for allegedly using a minor to commit a crime. A fifth person was arrested for purportedly ordering the attack.
The attack on Uribe has stirred up memories in Columbia of the 1980s and 1990s when several political candidates and prominent figures were assassinated, and heightened concerns that violence fueled by criminal groups is on the rise.
Protesters decry jailing of Moldovan
opposition politician
Protesters have gathered outside of the holding facility in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau to express support for prominent opposition figure Evgenia Gutsul, who was recently handed a seven-year prison sentence.
The head of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, who opposes pro-EU President Maia Sandu, was found guilty of illegally financing the opposition Sor party – an accusation she has dismissed as fabricated.
Dozens have turned up for the demonstration with placards in both Russian and Moldovan denouncing “political repression” and demanded that Gutsul be set free
In social media videos from the site, a speaker said that the very concept of democracy has become hollowed out in the EU candidate nation. He further claimed that Moldovan judges lack impartiality and are mere “slaves to the system.”
Similar rallies were held earlier this week, with an aide to Gutsul telling RIA Novosti that protests would continue on a daily basis until the politician was released.
Gutsul herself described the ruling against her as a “political execution” and a blow to the “entire democratic system of Moldova.”
The jailed politician served as the head of Gagauzia, an autonomous and predominantly Russian-speaking region in the south of the former Soviet country. She had campaigned on promises of closer ties with Moscow.
Her party, Sor, was banned in 2023 on allegations of illicit financing from abroad.
Commenting on the recent developments, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the ruling represented the “culmination of repression by the Chisinau regime against the entire Gagauz autonomy.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov similarly lamented that the “rules and norms of democracy are being trampled in every possible way now” in the EU candidate country.
Incumbent pro-EU President Maia Sandu narrowly won the vote and secured a second presidential term in the elections last November, amid claims of widespread irregularities.
Meanwhile, last month, the European Council blacklisted several opposition groups in Moldova, and imposed personal sanctions on seven opposition politicians.
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