By Mauricio Torres, Fernando Ramos, Chris Lau and Sebastian Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, in the running to join next year’s presidential race, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at an event in Bogota, according to national police and prosecutors.
The conservative Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay has been shot and seriously injured at a campaign rally in the capital, Bogota. It was a brazen attack captured on video and shook a country that decades ago often faced kidnappings and killings of politicians and high profile people.
Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country’s presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country’s presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a
A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.
Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, in the running to join next year’s presidential race, is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot at an event in Bogota, according to national police and prosecutors.
Miguel Uribe Turbay was speaking with people at a park in Bogota when armed assailants shot him from behind, according to his party. One suspect has been detained.
