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Colombian Presidential Hopeful Miguel Uribe in Critical Condition After Bogotá Shooting
- Colombian Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot and critically wounded during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday night.
- The attack occurred amid rising political tensions ahead of Colombia’s May 31, 2026 presidential election, with a 15-year-old suspect arrested at the scene carrying a firearm.
- Uribe was critically injured by gunfire affecting his head and knee, including two bullets lodged in his skull, and received urgent neurosurgical and vascular treatment at the Santa Fe Foundation hospital.
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro strongly condemned the violence, emphasizing that respecting life is non-negotiable, while a top U.S. diplomat described the attack as a serious threat to democratic principles and called for measures to ensure protection.
- The attack has sparked condemnation across Latin America, prompted a government-led Security Council session, and led to a promised transparent investigation to identify those responsible.
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Jerusalem Post
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Colombian Senator Shot During Campaign Rally in Bogotá
In news from Colombia, Senator Miguel Uribe was shot and seriously injured during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. Uribe is a member of the right-wing Democratic Center party and is running for president in the 2026 election. He is the grandson of former Colombian President Julio César Turbay Ayala.
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Colombian senator Uribe fighting for life after shooting
Colombian Presidential Candidate Shot in Apparent Political Hit
Miguel Uribe Turbay, a right-wing Colombian presidential candidate who was shot in the head on Saturday, is fighting for his life. ... The post Colombian Presidential Candidate Shot in Apparent Political Hit appeared first on The New American.
Colombian presidential candidate fighting for life after assassination bid
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay remains in a critical condition after an assassination attempt on Saturday that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s. The 39-year-old opposition senator is out of a “neurosurgical” operation and a procedure on his left thigh, but his condition remains extremely serious, according to a statement from La Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, where he is being tre…
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