María Claudia Tarazona, the widow of Colombia’s assassinated 2026 presidential frontrunner Miguel Uribe Turbay, has accused former President Gustavo Petro and Venezuela’s deposed dictator Nicolás Maduro of ordering her husband’s death.
\n\nMiguel Uribe Turbay was a 39-year-old Colombian conservative senator and the grandson of former President Julio César Turbay. Throughout his career, Uribe Turbay was a vocal critic of Marxist former President Gustavo Petro, whose term ended in August. On June 7, 2025, the senator was shot in the head by a minor during a rally in Bogotá. Uribe Turbay spent weeks fighting for his life at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the Colombian capital until he passed away in August 2025. At the time, Uribe polled as the frontrunner of the 2026 presidential election, which conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella ultimately won. During the 2022 legislative elections, Uribe Turbay was the most voted senator in Colombia.
\n\nSpeaking with Noticias RCN on Wednesday, María Claudia Tarazona said that her normal life “is over, is finished” following her husband’s assassination. Throughout the interview, Tarazona affirmed that, based on information disclosed to her by prosecutors, there is an open line of investigation open to determine if Uribe Turbay’s murder was…
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