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FARC Dissidents Linked to Miguel Uribe Turbay Assassination

Nearly three months after the death of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, Colombian authorities say they are closing in on what they believe is the most powerful hypothesis to date: that the illegal armed group Segunda Marquetalia ordered the killing. The claim, made by the new director of the National Police, General William Oswaldo Rincón Zambrano, marks the first time a senior official has directly linked the dissident FARC faction to the June 7 at…

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BOGOTÁ (AP) — Colombian police said Tuesday that the main hypothesis in the crime of the senator and pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay points out that he would have been ordered by the Second Marquetalia, a dissent of the ex-guerilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

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The capture on Monday afternoon of Sieméón Pérez Marroquín, alias El Viejo, has reinforced the hypothesis that the Second Marquetalia planned the attack against the former Colombian senator and former presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay. Police director William Rincón said this Tuesday that the detainee “would be the possible link with the criminal structure that determined the murder” and has emphasized that “the strongest hypothesis” is…

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The capture of Simeon Pérez Marroquín, alias El Viejo, reinforced on Tuesday the hypothesis of the Colombian authorities that the Second Marquetalia, a FARC dissident, ordered the assassination of senator and pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died on August 11, two months after being seriously wounded in an attack in [...] La entrada Reforce hypothesis that Segunda Marquetalia murdered Colombian candidate Miguel Uribe was first published in…

The arrest of Simeon Pérez Marroquín, alias El Viejo, reinforced the hypothesis of the authorities that the Second Marquetalia, a dissident of the Farc, ordered the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died on August 11, two months after being seriously wounded in an attack in Bogotá. This was expressed by the new director of the Police, General William Rincón, who said that Pérez’s capture is of “vital importance for the identifica…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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