Representative to the House of Representatives reports that he alerted the Attorney General's Office of a possible attack on Miguel Uribe in November 2024.
Fourteen days after the attack on Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay , which this Friday, June 20, has him between life and death, the representative to the House, José Jaime Uscátegui, assured that he warned the Attorney General's Office, in November 2024, of a plan to attack several politicians, including Uribe Turbay.
Uscátegui, who is a member of the Democratic Center, the same party as Senator Uribe Turbay, published a video on his account on the social network X, in which he makes the serious accusation: "Since November 20, 2024, I delivered a very delicate complaint to the Attorney General's Office, there are those filed, and the Police Protection Directorate, reporting that two urban commandos, with the famous 'Pisas', came from the south of the country to carry out an attack here in Bogotá, against a member of the Democratic Center, including by name Miguel Uribe, the undersigned and other congressmen."
Miguel Uribe Turbay has been in the ICU for 14 days. Photo: El TIEMPO
The congressman added that he gave the investigating body "the two addresses from which the coordination would be carried out in Bogotá and I provided all the information so that these authorities could take some kind of action."
'It points to the idea that it was a state crime' In the same publication, Representative Uscátegui stated that "now that the events have occurred, I have asked the Prosecutor's Office what process was given to this complaint, and I am still waiting. Because it is very serious that, months before, the Prosecutor's Office and the authorities had information, an alert like this, and yet no action has been taken."
The congressman added that, in his opinion, the lack of response to the complaint "points to, or contributes to, the idea that this was a state crime, and that's why we're asking the Attorney General's Office for maximum transparency and speed because they were already on notice."
Miguel Uribe has been held at the Santa Fe Foundation in Bogotá for 14 days. Photo: Private archive
Nearly two weeks after the attack on Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, the politician remains under close observation while his health remains "extremely critical."
The Santa Fe Foundation clinic in Bogotá reported last Wednesday that updates on the 39-year-old politician's health would only be provided when there were significant changes in his progress.
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