BOGOTA: Colombia buried murdered presidential candidate Miguel Uribe on Wednesday, with his widow tearfully warning that the country must shake its dark and long history of political violence. The 39-year-old conservative senator was shot in June while campaigning in the capital, Bogota, and died this week of his injuries. “Our country is going through the darkest, saddest, and most painful days,” Maria Claudia Tarazona told a packed cathedral funeral service as she prepared to bury her husband. Police have blamed Uribe’s murder on left-wing guerrillas who shunned 2016 peace accords.

El político, de 39 años, recibió varios disparos mientras intervenía en un acto de campaña en la capital del país

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, who had been hospitalized since he was shot in the head in June, has died, his family said on Monday.