Widow Tells Prosecutors Colombia Assassination Order Originated in Congress
María Claudia Tarazona, the widow of slain Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, said she provided prosecutors with information alleging that Congress authorized his assassination and that Venezuela funded it. She attributed the information to an unnamed source and has not made evidence public. Uribe Turbay was shot in Bogotá in June 2025 and died two months later; Tarazona spoke in a television interview on October 14, 2026.
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María Claudia Tarazona made the allegation during a Noticias Caracol interview, according to El Espectador. She said she gave the Fiscalía information traced to an anonymous source,
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