Teenage Killer of Potential Colombian Presidential Candidate Detained for 7 Years

Miguel Uribe Turbay died after being shot three times while holding a campaign rally in the Fontibón neighborhood of Bogotá, Colombia, on June 7.

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 Turbay'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 Sen. 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 the Colombian Attorney General’s Office, was handed down two weeks after Uribe Turbay died from his injuries on Aug. 11.