Teen Accused of Shooting Colombian Senator Faces 8 Years in Prison

‘What we should do as a society is reflect on why a minor ends up immersed in a hitman network,’ Colombia’s attorney general said.

People look at the place where Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot and wounded at a June 7 political event in Bogota, on June 9, 2025. Raul Arboleda/AFP

Colombian Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo Garzón said on June 9 that the minor arrested in connection with the attempted assassination of Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a presidential hopeful in the upcoming election, faces up to eight years in prison.

“The eventual sanction to which he would be subject is a sentence of up to eight years, which is not strictly a prison sentence. ... It is educational, restorative, and its purpose is to restore the rights of this minor,” she told reporters on June 9, referring to the 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting Uribe Turbay on June 7.