Miguel Uribe Turbay from opposition party who was shot on Saturday is showing ‘little response’ after surgery
Miguel Uribe Turbay, the rightwing Colombian presidential candidate who was shot at a campaign rally, has reportedly shown little response to medical interventions and needs “a miracle” to survive, his wife said on Monday.
The update on his condition comes as a judge confirmed the arrest of the 15-year-old suspect, after the prosecutor’s office submitted 129 videos, witness testimonies and the seizure of a pistol as evidence.
Uribe is a 39-year-old senator from the opposition Centro Democrático party, and in the running to join next year’s presidential race. Footage showed him speaking to a small crowd in a park on Saturday, before shots rang out. Uribe was then pictured slumped against the bonnet of a blood-stained white car. Authorities later confirmed he had been shot twice.
Uribe underwent major surgery over the weekend, which was initially deemed a success, but early on Monday the hospital said he had shown “little response to the medical interventions”.
