The condemnation of a minor for the mortal shooting of the Colombian senator and the presidential hope Miguel Uribay Turbay underlined the accent put by the government on a group of guerrillas like the alleged brains, but the evidence remains thin.
The 15 -year -old who shot Uiba on June 7 in Bogotá was sentenced to seven years in a minor detention center for the homicide attempt, the prosecutor's office reported August 27.
The adolescent pleaded guilty before Uribe's death of his injuries on August 11, which prevented prosecutors from modernizing the accusation to homicide, because the Colombian law prohibits the modifications of the accusations once an official accusation is filed against a minor. Five adults were also arrested in the case.
The authorities suggested that the Second MarquetaliaA dissident faction of the demobilized revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas revolucionarias de Colombia – Stuff), could have had a hand in the murder of Uibe, but has not yet presented concrete evidence. The director of the national police, Carlos Fernando Triana, first suggested a link with the group in July, and the Minister of Defense, Pedro Sánchez Suárez, repeated the complaint in August after the death of Uibe.
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The link with the group is vague and via one of the five people arrested as part of the murder of Uibe.
It was brother José Arteaga Hernández, alias “El Costeño”, who would have started working as an assassin hired after meeting a Farc veteran known as “Daniel” in prison in 2019, according to At the police sources cited by the Colombian newspaper El Espectador.
Daniel, once a member of Teófilo Forero Mobile columnA Farc elite unit behind some of the group's most notorious attacks, would have helped to rebuild the column in the second marquetalia in the south of Huila and the Northern Caquetá, according to to the Colombian newspaper El Colombiano. Consequently, it would serve as a potential bridge between the second Marquetalia and the assassination of Uibe.
Two other suspects currently in detention also seem to be linked to Caquetá, where the Teófilo Forero column would be reorganized. Katerine Andrea Martínez Martínez, alias “Gabriela”, which provided the minor with the weapon to shoot Uibe, was arrested in Florencia in June, while Carlos Eduardo Mora González faces a weapon affair before a court of Florencia since 2024.
An analysis of insightful crime
Almost three months after the Turbay shooting, the investigators have not yet clarified who ordered the crime. The arrests underline a network of levels of low and medium level with links with the dissident circles of the FARC, but no clear political reason has emerged.
However, the evidence available suggests that the focus on the second marquetalia can be moved. Formerly a dreaded rebellious faction, the group is now one of the weakest armed organizations in Colombia, having had its leadership decimate in the past five years.
Luciano Marín Arango, alias “Iván Márquez», The group's leader was seriously hurt in an attack in 2022, causing repeated reports death. He resurfaced in 2024 through a video and later a public appearance, confirming that he was alive, although largely raw in bad health.
Other higher figures have also been eliminated. Seuxis Pausías Hernández Solarte, alias “Jesús Santrich“, Which co -founded the second marquetalia with Márquez after rejected the 2016 peace agreement, was killed in 2021. That same year, commanders Hernán Darío Velásquez, alias”El Paisa“And Henry Castellanos Garzón, alias”Romaña“, Were killed in the state of experience of Venezuela. More recently, in August 2025, José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias “Zarco AldineverOne of the main lieutenants of Márquez was also killed in Venezuela.
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In addition to these losses, the second Marquetalia underwent a major flaw in November 2024. The border command (Comandos de la Frontera – CDF) and the Pacific Guerrilla Coordination Committee (Coordinadora Guerrillera del Pacífico – CGP), two of its most influential factions operating in Nariño and Putumayo, announced that they were break -in After disagreements on the position of the group in peace to speak with the government.
Given the fragile internal state and the growing competition of rival criminal actors, the authorities have not yet presented proof of clear reason for the second marquetalia to order such a assassination.
However, the lack of clarity on the attack highlights the risks before the Colombia elections next year. The assassination of Uibe establishes a precedent which could embrace other armed groups to use targeted political violence as a lever effect. With organized criminal interests linked to the continuation of peace talks and possible legal benefits resulting from negotiations, the next electoral cycle can see criminal actors intervene more directly in violence by violence.
Star image: Colombian senator Miguel Uibe was turned in the head during a gathering almost two months ago. Credit: Associated Press, Fernando Vergara.
