Another Take: What led to the assassination of a Colombian politician?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on June 19, 2025. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
A 15-year-old pulls the trigger on a presidential candidate in Bogota, and Colombia’s ghost of political violence suddenly feels very present. Is the latest episode of political violence a sign that Colombia's peace process has failed, and can it promise fair elections in 2026?
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- Juanita Goebertus Estrada (@JuanitaGoe), Human Rights Watch Americas division director
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Tamara Khandaker, Sonia Bhagat and Haleema Shah, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Chloe K. Li, Mariana Navarrete, Khaled Soltan, Remas Alhawari, Kylene Kiang, Noor Wazwaz, and our guest host, Manuel Rapalo.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hey, I'm Saril Khalili. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm a senior producer with a take, back with another take, where we bring you episodes from the past. |
| 0:18.0 | Today we're in Colombia. A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced |
| 0:23.0 | to seven years in juvenile detention for involvement in the shooting of presidential candidate |
| 0:29.3 | Miguel Ribe. He died in August after the shooting in June. The teen was convicted of attempted |
| 0:36.8 | murder and illegal possession of weapons. |
| 0:40.3 | Five more people all adults were also charged. |
| 0:44.3 | The assassination broke back dark memories of Colombia's violent political past. |
| 0:50.3 | Back in June, we delved into that history and what this kind of violence could mean for |
| 0:56.5 | Colombia's 26 presidential elections. |
| 1:00.8 | The episode originally aired on June 19. |
| 1:04.3 | All dates and references are from that time. Today, Colombia reels after presidential candidate is gunned down mid-speech. |
| 1:22.6 | Colombian opposition senator Miguel Ribe, a potential presidential contender, was rushed to hospital |
| 1:28.7 | after being shot at a political event in Bogota on Saturday. |
| 1:33.4 | Why the attempted assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay has shaken Colombia and reopened old wounds? |
| 1:41.7 | I'm Manuel Rappalo, and this is the take. |
| 1:45.0 | It happened in broad daylight, at a park in Bogota on June 7th. |
| 1:55.0 | Colombian senator and conservative presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was speaking at a campaign |
| 2:05.1 | rally, addressing a crowd of supporters. |
| 2:08.4 | He was mid-sentence when the first shot rang out. Someone had come up from behind and opened fire at close range. |
| 2:25.0 | Urived was hit in the head and chest. |
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