Released mastermind back Shooting of Orthodox Colombian Senator Law enforcement officials said the presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbe was taken into custody on Saturday.
Elder Jose Artga Hernandez, who uses “chipi” or “costeneo”, was arrested in a neighborhood in the north -western part of the capital, Bogota, National Police Director Major General Carlos Fernando Trayna told reporters.
The authorities had earlier accused Arteaga and other suspects of being near Bogota Park, where Uribe was shot in a wider day light on 7 June. Three other people have been arrested for participating in the execution of logistics and crime.
The allegations against Arteaga involve attempted murder attempt; Building, smuggling and carrying fireplace or ammunition; And using minors to commit crimes. Interpol issued a red notice against him on Friday.
It was not immediately clear whether Artga had a lawyer who could comment on his behalf. Officials said he would appear in his first court in the weekend.
Trina said last month that Artga “has been involved in the life of crime for more than 20 years, performing hits in all types of crimes in Bogota.”
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The Uribe Park was giving a political speech when he was attacked from behind, allegedly escaped by a minor. CBS News reported that he was shot twice in the head and once in the knee. He had to undergo a “neurosurgical” and “peripheral vascular process” at the Santa F Clinic in Bogota to treat injuries, and has undergone more surgery since. He lives in deep care.
Two others – a man and a woman – were also injured.
The shooting purpose is still being investigated. In October, Uribe announced his intention to run in Colombia’s 2026 presidential election. From his Senate seat, he became one of the most vocal critics of President Gustavo Petro.
The attack is widely condemned with a dark past in a country in which drug cartel and rebel groups have killed and kidnapped politicians. Uribe is the son of a journalist, who was abducted in 1991 during one of the most violent periods of the country. State Secretary Marco Rubio Said that America “tries to kill in the strongest possible words” and called the attack “a direct threat to democracy”. He convicted the “violent leftist rhetoric coming from the highest levels of the Colombian government for shooting.
Rubio said, “Columbia’s progress has been seen for the first time in the last few decades to strengthen security and democracy, it cannot bear the risk of returning in the dark days of political violence.” “President Petro needs to dial to inflammatory rhetoric and protect Colombian officials.”
