Presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is in critical condition after being shot three times — including twice in the head — during a campaign event in Bogotá.
Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot and severely injured while speaking at a campaign event in the capital on Saturday night. Authorities say a 15-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene.
Uribe, 39, was reportedly shot in the knee and twice in the head while addressing a small group of supporters in a park. He was rushed by helicopter to the Santa Fe clinic, where he remains in critical condition. Supporters have gathered outside the hospital to hold vigil.
His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, called on Colombians to pray. “Miguel is currently fighting for his life. Let us ask God to guide the hands of the doctors who are treating him,” she said in an emotional message.
Footage shared online appears to show the moment Uribe was shot mid-speech, causing panic among the crowd.
The attack has shocked the nation just months ahead of the 2026 presidential election. Uribe, a senator with the right-leaning Centro Democrático party, announced his candidacy last October.
His party condemned the shooting, calling it “a brutal attack against democracy and freedom in Colombia.”
The government of President Gustavo Petro also denounced the incident. “This act of violence is not only against him but against our democracy,” it said in a statement.
International figures reacted swiftly. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the attack as “a direct threat to democracy.”
Uribe comes from a well-known political family. His mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 during a failed rescue operation after being kidnapped by the Medellín drug cartel.
Security remains tight in Bogotá as police continue investigating the motive behind the attack.
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