The Colombian police announced on Saturday, July 5, the arrest of a man accused of having obtained the weapon and having hired the author of the attack in June against the senator and candidate for President Miguel Uribe, seriously injured and remains in intensive care.
José Arteaga Hernández “participated” and “organized the front and” after and after this criminal attack “perpetrated on June 7, police director Carlos Fernando Triana Beltrán said at a press conference in Bogotá.
Miguel Uibe, a 39 -year -old senator and a member of the Democratic Center on the right, was reached by three bullets, including two in his head, while expressed in front of the followers in a park in Bogotá.
Hospitalized in a clinic in the capital, he suffered at least four surgical interventions, but his state of health remains “critical.”
A “criminal with more than 20 years of career”
A 15 -year -old teenager, the alleged shooter and three adults suspected of having participated in the attack were arrested and accused of attempted homicide and illegal weapon. None recognized the facts.
It is suspected that the defendant, described as “criminal with more than 20 years of career” and attacked by a red notice of Interpol, has been “responsible for coordinating the criminal activity, as well as identifying and putting the weapon to the teenager who committed the attack,” according to the police.
Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said he had “negotiated the execution of the crime” against the equivalent of around $ 250,000.
A $ 750,000 reward
Arteaga will be markedly accused of “attempt at aggravated homicide”, “manufacturing”, “traffic” and “aggravated arms port” and “aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime.”
José Arteaga Hernández is the leader of a criminal gang in Bogotá, according to the police who are investigating possible links with more powerful armed groups.
The authorities offer a reward of around $ 750,000 for any information to capture attack officials.
Source: BFM TV
