Colombia's president orders full probe into senator shooting

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday (June 7) said that no hypothesis would be ruled out in the investigation into the shooting of Senator Miguel Uribe, 39, who was attacked during a campaign event for his 2026 presidential run.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4r3k9fpj  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Colombian President Gustavo Petro said all angles will be explored in the investigation

00:09into the shooting of opposition Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential candidate.

00:14Hasta ahora no hay más hipótesis y las hipótesis no pueden ser descartadas de antemano porque

00:24viciamos la ciencia de la investigación. 39-year-old Uribe, a senator from the opposition Democratic

00:31Center Party founded by former President Alvaro Uribe, to whom he is not related, was shot during

00:38a campaign event as part of his presidential bid. Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez confirmed that a

00:44minor had been arrested in connection with the shooting and that authorities are investigating

00:49the involvement of other suspects. The incident has sparked widespread condemnation,

00:54with Colombians expressing both outrage and fear.

00:58¡Fuera, Petro! ¡Fuera, Petro!

01:02...de tristeza, impotencia, de rabia. O sea, ya nadie se puede expresar.

01:08Cualquiera que se exprese distinto lo asesina. ¿Sí? Hoy tenemos el ejemplo de Miguel Uribe,

01:14dos tiros, seis tiros le metieron. El reporte es dos en la cabeza. Estamos pidiendo

01:19adiós de que se salven. Pero esto es nefasto lo que está pasando en el país.

01:24Hace dos años de una violencia política verbal, de una agresividad, de una violencia verbal por

01:33parte del presidente de la república que puede llevar a Colombia a una guerra civil.

01:40Lo que pasó hoy puede ser el detonante de una guerra civil.

01:44Uribe hails from a prominent family with ties to Colombia's liberal party.

01:49La violencia moral es una violencia a la violencia libertaria de av comunidad.

02:02Lugos en el tanto de bites, del oídor y descanismos.

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