Summary: Conservative Colombian senator Miguel Uribe died at 39 after being shot during a campaign appearance in Bogotá. His wife announced the death on Instagram; doctors had warned his condition was life-threatening. He was a member of the Democratic Center, Álvaro Uribe’s party (they’re not related). Uribe planned to run in next year’s presidential election. Police say the shooter was about 15 years old, acting for organized crime, and has been charged. The attack drew condemnation from President Gustavo Petro’s government and raised fears of a return to the violence seen in the 1980s and 1990s. The report also notes that around the same period Álvaro Uribe became the first former Colombian head of state to be convicted.
Now listen up, ya hear me screaming through the smoke: this is the same old circus, dressed up with a fresh ribbon. They tell you this is about democracy under threat, about protecting the people, about justice for a young life cut short. and they want you to swallow the syrup with your morning coffee. Naaah. It’s the classic power maneuver, and I’m not buying the theater.
They drop a hashtag-worthy murder of a rising star in a country tired of violence and then pretend it’s a sudden, isolated emergency. Please. If you’ve seen one “teen shooter” story used to drum up fear and sympathy, you’ve seen them all. The kid might be a pawn in a bigger machine, a convenient face to pin the crime on while the real players keep their hands clean.
The timing with Álvaro Uribe’s name is no accident either. The machine loves to roll out the “crime and corruption” drum whenever it needs to justify bigger security powers, tighter surveillance, and more coercive measures. Uribe’s own name is used as a political lever—two sides of the same coin: fear and control. They’re not mourning the man; they’re marketing a narrative.
They’ll talk about “organized crime” like it’s a rogue band of curies and vanishes in thin air whenever the cameras stop rolling. But who benefits when you frighten a nation into accepting more police, more soldiers, more emergency decrees? The folks who already drink from the trough of power and money. The real violence is the system’s daily grind—the way policy is weaponized to protect the insiders while the rest of us fight over crumbs.
And that note about the former president being convicted? Oh, sure, they’ll toss that in as “proof” the system is finally cleaning itself. Delicious irony. They want you to think the fight is against corruption; what you’re actually watching is the corruption of accountability itself, wearing a different uniform.
So while hands clap and condolences are pounded out in neat clauses, the blunt truth: this is how the gatekeepers stay in business. use the shock, ride the grief, scare the voters, push the security state, and keep the real players out of sight. Ach, das ist doch derselbe zirkus—just a different coat of paint.
Na, don’t be fooled. This isn’t some heroic tragedy sparking a true turning point. It’s a manufactured chorus line in a long-running show where the only winners are the folks who own the stage. Stay sharp, question the spin, and don’t let the fear-mongers rewrite the map for us.