Who is Diana Turbay?

Miguel Uribe, the Colombian presidential candidate who was shot during a rally on Sunday, is the son of journalist Diana Turbay—kidnapped by drug lord Pablo Escobar and killed during a failed rescue mission. A 15-year-old has been arrested with a firearm. Uribe was shot at thrice, twice in the head.

"I am Maria Claudia Tarazona, Miguel's wife. Miguel is currently fighting for his life. Let us ask God to guide the hands of the doctors who are treating him. I ask everyone to join us in a chain of prayer for Miguel's life. I put my faith in God," his wife said on X.

Uribe hails from a prominent Colombian family. His father was a businessman and union leader affiliated with the Liberal Party, while his mother was a journalist.

Diana Turbay was kidnapped in 1990 by a group linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar and died during a botched rescue operation. Diana was the daughter of former Colombian President Julio César Turbay. She had been abducted in a campaign of terror for non-extradition.

"A TV journalist, she imprudently walked into an Escobar trap, taking a film crew with her. Turbay, 40, was killed during a raid by government security forces," TIME wrote.

Turbay "died on January 25, 1991, in a police operation in which she received a deadly gunshot wound to the back," according to Inter American Press Association.

"She had been kidnapped by Escobar to put pressure on the then president, César Gaviria, to overturn the extradition agreement with the United States," it added.

Source: Times of India.