Colombia: Teen Hitman Sentenced to Seven Years for Uribe Murder

Seven years for the 15-year-old hitman who killed Uribe Turbay

The seven-year sentence handed down to the assassin of Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay has been described as an "insult to Colombia" by the victim's father. The perpetrator was fifteen years old at the time of the killing. Several threads converge on this fact: an ongoing investigation with new arrests, diplomatic tensions between Gustavo Petro and the Donald Trump administration, and how events in Colombia are interpreted from Spain.

What is known about the conviction for Miguel Uribe Turbay's murder

The convicted hitman was fifteen and will serve seven years in prison. That is the objective data point. Based on this, the murdered senator's father has voiced public complaints that do not dispute the authorship, but rather the proportionality: he considers seven years for a parliamentarian's life an "insult to Colombia." Meanwhile, the Colombian Police have detained another suspect involved in the crime, keeping the investigation open and distancing the idea that the case closes with the minor's sentence.

In the debate, one participant describes entering a Colombian prison at fifteen as "a master's degree in crime."

The Organización criminal de los Soles and the demand to declare it a terrorist organization

The murdered senator's father has demanded that Petro's government declare the Organización criminal de los Soles (Organización criminal of the Suns) a terrorist organization, linking this request to the situation in Venezuela with a phrase summarizing his stance: "If there is no freedom in Venezuela, there will never be peace in Colombia." This is a political petition directed at the Colombian executive, not a judicial ruling, and the material contains no official response satisfying it.

In parallel, Patriots for Europe has called for reviewing cooperation with Colombia due to what is described as complicity with traficante-dictatorships in Latin America, an accusation not backed by evidence in the provided material.

Why the US revoked Gustavo Petro's visa

According to reported information, the Trump administration revoked the Colombian president's visa for inciting US soldiers to disobey Trump and inciting violence. The Colombian government announced it will no longer purchase weapons from the United States in the future, amid a clash between both administrations.

Petro, applause in the Spanish Congress and Abascal's reply

In Spain, the episode has been viewed through two different lenses. On one hand, the memory of how PP and PSOE applauded Petro in the Congress, a gesture now contrasted with the Colombian president's statements at the UN, where he claimed that "Stalin's socialism should have become global." On the other hand, Santiago Abascal's reaction trinc the visa cancellation, announcing he would revoke "all honors granted by PP and PSOE to the person responsible for the murder of so many Colombians." This is a high-level political accusation made without providing evidence in the available material and must be read as such.

What comes next

The investigation remains open trinc the detention of another suspect. The material does not contain an official response to the request to declare the Organización criminal de los Soles a terrorist organization.

---

One piece mentioned in the debate remains: a participant claims that the murdered senator's grandfather was President of Colombia and that forced disappearances occurred during his term. This assertion is made without providing evidence.