The United States Department of State was already informed about this situation.
Víctor Mosquera, lawyer of the family of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, warned before the Inter -American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) About one serious interference, ”he said, from the National Government in the research process that is followed in Colombia around the investigation by the Attempt against presidential candidate.
This alert was carried out by the civil representative of the congressman’s family Miguel Uribe Turbay After holding a meeting in the Inter -American Commission on Human Rights.
During the session before the IACHR, The Mosquera lawyer urged the Colombian authorities to process the involved in the attack for the crime of terrorism and not only for attempted homicide and illegal weapons.
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Mosquera lawyer explained that this typification is necessary due to the impact of the Attack that executed against Uribe Turbay.
In addition, he contributed evidence to the IACHR to order urgent precautionary measures in favor of Miguel Uribe and his family.
According to Mosquera, “during the session the arguments and documents that support the request for urgent precautionary measures in favor of Miguel Uribe and its family nucleus, as well as an additional request for collective measures for the members of the Democratic Center Party for the electoral process next year ”.
He also said that “this attack not only sought to attack Miguel Uribe, but to generate panic in the civilian population and intimidate the opposition in a pre -election year. Qualifying it as terrorism is fundamental to dimension the seriousness of the fact and apply the most severe sanctions contemplated in the law ”.
The jurist said Government intervention has compromised objectivity of research.
“The National Government, through the President, Ministers and State Agents, has disseminated information not corroborated by the Prosecutor’s Office, pointing to illegal armed groups without conclusive evidence. This behavior not only hinders the investigative processbut it constitutes a form of stigmatization against the opposition, ”said lawyer Mosquera.
In the development of the meeting, the Mosquera lawyer presented three documentary reports that show hate speeches and stigmatization campaigns from senior government officials to Miguel Uribe and other opposition leaders.
The lawyer also denounced attempts to divert investigations, attributing The attack on groups outside the facts while the criminal process Still ongoing.
He emphasized that the Colombian State must refrain from pointing out responsible without due process and asked the IACHR to urge the authorities to guarantee impartial and transparent investigation.
UNP scheme failures
Around the security of the senator, the lawyer Mosquera showed the failure of the National Protection Unit (UNP), which ignored 51 formal reinforcement applications despite the presidential candidate status and opposition leader.
“The error was from the UNP, which disregarded high protection requests by Miguel Uribe. He was accredited to the IACHR how an adequate scheme was deniedleaving it exposed in a context of growing threats. ”
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The lawyer explained that the CIVh’s decision on precautionary measures could be known in an approximate period of 15 days And he recalled that the international agency has closely followed the case since the day of the attack, requesting immediate information to the Colombian State about the facts and protection actions.
He added that the United States Department of State was already informed about this situation, especially about The stigmatization speeches of the Colombian governmentand that he expects additional pronouncements from the international community.
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