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Hindustan Times
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Colombia arrests man behind assassination attempt of senator Miguel Uribe
Colombian police probing the attempted assassination of a prominent right-wing presidential candidate arrested on Saturday a man they believe hired the teenager accused of pulling the trigger. Colombian Police arrested Elder Jose Arteaga Hernandez, who is allegedly responsible for the attack on Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe.(AFP) Elder Jose Arteaga Hernandez was described by police as a key planner of the June 7 attack on conservative senator Miguel Uribe, who remains hospitalized in serious condition. Arteaga Hernandez organized "the before of the attack, the during, and the after," said police chief Carlos Fernando Triana Beltran. Uribe, 39, was shot three times, including twice in the head, during a campaign rally in a park in Bogota. Police have now arrested five suspects, including the 15-year-old alleged hitman. Arteaga Hernandez, who has a long criminal record and a file with Interpol, coordinated the attack, hired the shooter and provided him with a gun, police said. The shooter is believed to belong to a network of contract killers. Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Arteaga Hernandez "had allegedly negotiated the execution of the crime" for the equivalent of about $250,000. "He planned the cover, the movements, and even ordered one of his accomplices to be silenced after the incident," Sanchez posted on X. Uribe's attorney, Victor Mosquera, has said the probe had revealed a "structured organization" with a "history of attacks on right-wing leaders." Uribe, a member of the Democratic Center party, announced his intention last October to run in the May 2026 presidential election.
Al Arabiya
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Colombia arrests man suspected of organizing hit on senator Miguel Uribe
Colombian police probing the attempted assassination of a prominent right-wing presidential candidate arrested on Saturday a man they believe hired the teenager accused of pulling the trigger. Elder Jose Arteaga Hernandez was described by police as a key planner of the June 7 attack on conservative senator Miguel Uribe, who remains hospitalized in serious condition. Arteaga Hernandez organized 'the before of the attack, the during, and the after,' said police chief Carlos Fernando Triana Beltran. Uribe, 39, was shot three times, including twice in the head, during a campaign rally in a park in Bogota. Police have now arrested five suspects, including the 15-year-old alleged hitman. Arteaga Hernandez, who has a long criminal record and a file with Interpol, coordinated the attack, hired the shooter and provided him with a gun, police said. The shooter is believed to belong to a network of contract killers. Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Arteaga Hernandez 'had allegedly negotiated the execution of the crime' for the equivalent of about $250,000. 'He planned the cover, the movements, and even ordered one of his accomplices to be silenced after the incident,' Sanchez posted on X. Uribe's attorney, Victor Mosquera, has said the probe had revealed a 'structured organization' with a 'history of attacks on right-wing leaders.' Uribe, a member of the Democratic Center party, announced his intention last October to run in the May 2026 presidential election.
The Sun
06-07-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Colombia arrests man suspected of organizing hit on politician
BOGOTÁ: Colombian police probing the attempted assassination of a prominent right-wing presidential candidate arrested on Saturday a man they believe hired the teenager accused of pulling the trigger. Elder Jose Arteaga Hernandez was described by police as a key planner of the June 7 attack on conservative senator Miguel Uribe, who remains hospitalized in serious condition. Arteaga Hernandez organized 'the before of the attack, the during, and the after,' said police chief Carlos Fernando Triana Beltran. Uribe, 39, was shot three times, including twice in the head, during a campaign rally in a park in Bogota. Police have now arrested five suspects, including the 15-year-old alleged hitman. Arteaga Hernandez, who has a long criminal record and a file with Interpol, coordinated the attack, hired the shooter and provided him with a gun, police said. The shooter is believed to belong to a network of contract killers. Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Arteaga Hernandez 'had allegedly negotiated the execution of the crime' for the equivalent of about $250,000. 'He planned the cover, the movements, and even ordered one of his accomplices to be silenced after the incident,' Sanchez posted on X. Uribe's attorney, Victor Mosquera, has said the probe had revealed a 'structured organization' with a 'history of attacks on right-wing leaders.' Uribe, a member of the Democratic Center party, announced his intention last October to run in the May 2026 presidential election.
Arab News
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Colombia arrests man suspected of organizing hit on politician
BOGOTA: Colombian police probing the attempted assassination of a prominent right-wing presidential candidate arrested on Saturday a man they believe hired the teenager accused of pulling the trigger. Elder Jose Arteaga Hernandez was described by police as a key planner of the June 7 attack on conservative senator Miguel Uribe, who remains hospitalized in serious condition. Arteaga Hernandez organized 'the before of the attack, the during, and the after,' said police chief Carlos Fernando Triana Beltran. Uribe, 39, was shot three times, including twice in the head, during a campaign rally in a park in Bogota. Police have now arrested five suspects, including the 15-year-old alleged hitman. Arteaga Hernandez, who has a long criminal record and a file with Interpol, coordinated the attack, hired the shooter and provided him with a gun, police said. The shooter is believed to belong to a network of contract killers. Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Arteaga Hernandez 'had allegedly negotiated the execution of the crime' for the equivalent of about $250,000. 'He planned the cover, the movements, and even ordered one of his accomplices to be silenced after the incident,' Sanchez posted on X. Uribe's attorney, Victor Mosquera, has said the probe had revealed a 'structured organization' with a 'history of attacks on right-wing leaders.' Uribe, a member of the Democratic Center party, announced his intention last October to run in the May 2026 presidential election.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Colombian police capture suspected leader in senator's shooting
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian police have captured a fugitive accused of planning last month's gun attack on Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential candidate, the head of the country's national police said on Saturday, marking the fifth arrest in the case. Elder Jose Arteaga, known as El Costeno, was arrested on suspicion of organizing and coordinating the politician's shooting at a rally in Colombia's capital Bogota on June 7 to commit the crime, police said. This includes handing over the gun used in the attack to the 15-year-old charged with shooting Uribe, the police added. "We are going after the intellectual authors of this act," National Police Director Carlos Fernando Triana told a press conference," adding that Arteaga had a criminal history going back more than 20 years. Footage on social media showed armed officers cuffing the suspect during a morning raid on a house police said was in a western neighborhood of Bogota, a day after Triana announced that Interpol had issued a red notice for his arrest. Reuters was not immediately able to reach Arteaga, 41, for comment. Triana said in a post on social media on Friday that he was wanted for "aggravated attempted homicide; manufacture, trafficking and carrying of firearms or ammunition; and use of minors for the commission of crimes." On Saturday, Triana told reporters police were investigating several theories about who was intellectually responsible for the attack, without giving more details. There is reward of up to 3 billion pesos (over $750,000) for information leading to the identification and capture of those responsible, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a post on X. Sanchez added that the United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates were helping investigate the crime, which he said operated under a "model of criminal outsourcing." Uribe -- a 39-year-old presidential pre-candidate for the conservative opposition Democratic Center party -- was shot twice in the head and once in his left leg, according to state prosecutors. He has undergone several serious surgeries since the attack, which left him in critical condition. Four other suspects have since been arrested, including the 15-year-old alleged shooter who was detained minutes after the attack. In a video of event, independently verified by Reuters, he can be heard shouting that he had been hired by a local drug dealer. Uribe comes from a prominent political family. His grandfather, Julio Cesar Turbay, was president from 1978 to 1982, and his mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 in a botched rescue attempt after being kidnapped by an armed group led by drug lord Pablo Escobar.
