Miguel Uribe Londoño, father of slain conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, revealed this week that Colombia’s Institute of Forensic Medicine “destroyed” his son’s body, which prevented his family from holding an open casket funeral for the late Senator as they had intended.
The grieving father said that the tragic murder of his son put his Catholic faith to the test, but that he remains a steadfast believer in God.
Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39 at the time of his death, was a member of Colombia’s conservative Democratic Center party and was the leading presidential candidate hopeful ahead of next year’s elections before his assassination.
On June 7, a boy of 14 or 15 shot Uribe during a campaign rally in Bogotá, causing two gunshot wounds to the skull and one on his leg.
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