They condemn 7 years of deprivation of liberty to the adolescent who murdered the Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay

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The adolescent who murdered Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was sentenced this Wednesday of deprivation of liberty, the Attorney General's Office reported.

“The decision specifies that the minor must remain seven years deprived of liberty in a specialized care center,” said the Prosecutor's Office in a statement released in their official X.

The 15 -year -old adolescent recognized the crimes during the accusation hearing, after being charged with attempted homicide and manufacturing, traffic, bearing or possession of firearms, accessories, parts and ammunition.

Uribe Turbay, 39, received several shots, two of them in the head, during a political rally in Bogotá on June 7. Minutes after the attack, the teenager was captured in flagrance.

Although the senator survived the attack for two months, he died on August 11 after facing a “critical condition” due to a hemorrhage in the central nervous system, according to the hospital authorities in which he was admitted to Bogotá.

Gaviria, Samper and Santos — Photo foot, The former presidents of Colombia César Gaviria (left), Ernesto Samper (center) and Juan Manuel Santos (right) attended the funeral of Uribe Turbay.

“We respect the decision”

Uribe Turbay was presidential candidate for the right -wing opposition party.

The sentence against the young man was issued 80 days after the attack within the framework of the System of Criminal Responsibility for Adolescents, a mechanism used by Colombian justice to process young people between 14 and 18, with sentences of up to eight years in specialized centers.

“Under the Law of Children and Adolescence, one of the highest sanctions was imposed to the child who murdered Miguel Uribe Turbay: 84 months,” Víctor Mosquera wrote in his account, the lawyer who represents the family of Uribe Turbay.

“We respect the decision, but that sanction is never equated with the life that snapped or with the pain caused. This law encourages the crime to use minors without real and effective punishment.”

The teenager was arrested on the afternoon of Saturday, June 7, a few minutes after the attack on Uribe.

That was the starting point of an investigation within the framework of which five other people have already been arrested.

The last detainee was Elder José Arteaga Hernández, aka 'Chipi' or 'El Costeño', whom the Prosecutor's Office considers one of the “brains” of the assassination.

According to the Attorney General, Chipi allegedly took care of recruiting those involved in the attack and carrying out the planning of the commission.

According to General Carlos Fernando Triana, of the National Police, Chipi has a criminal history of more than 20 years.

After his capture, the Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez, said that said individual was the one who coordinated the logistics and operational details of the attack.

Other detainees are Katerine Andrea Martínez, aka Gabriela, a 19 -year -old girl who would have provided the weapon to the teenager; William Fernando González Cruz, aka the old or brother, who was another of the logistics leaders of the attack; Carlos Eduardo Mora González, a Colombian-Venezuelan colomo identified as the driver of one of the vehicles used in the escape of those involved and Cristian Camilo González Ardila, of whom the Prosecutor's Office says that it should be responsible for guaranteeing the flight of the perpetrator.