Rightwing presidential hopeful, who had been in hospital in Bogotá since shooting, has died aged 39
The Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe, who was shot in the head at a campaign event two months ago, has died, the hospital treating him has said.
Uribe, a member of a prominent political family and a lawmaker for the rightwing opposition, was shot on 7 June in Bogotá, where he was speaking to try to secure his party’s nomination for 2026 elections.
His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, announced his death on social media. “I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you,” she wrote. “Rest in peace, love of my life, I will take care of our children.“
The attack was the worst act of political violence in around two decades and evoked memories of the turbulent years of the 1980s and 90s, when four presidential candidates were murdered in separate attacks blamed on drug cartels.
