39-year-old opposition senator reportedly hospitalised in serious condition after being shot in the back, with one suspect arrested
The Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has been shot in Bogotá, with reports he was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
The 39-year-old senator, who is running for the presidency in 2026, is a member of the opposition conservative Democratic Centre party founded by the former president Alvaro Uribe. The two men are not related.
According to the party’s statement condemning the attack, the senator was hosting a campaign event in a public park in the Fontibon neighbourhood in the capital on Saturday when “armed subjects shot him in the back”.
The party described the attack as serious, but did not disclose further details on Uribe’s condition.
