Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, who has been hospitalized since he was shot in the head during a campaign event earlier this month, left emergency surgery held on Monday, but is in a “extremely critical” condition, according to the Santa Fe Foundation Hospital.
Uribe, 39, a potential presidential candidate for the right opposition, was shot in Bogota on June 7 during a rally.
“Patient Miguel Uribe Turbay has left surgery and his condition is extremely critical, characterized by persistent brain edema and difficult intercerebral bleeding,” the hospital said in a statement, adding that his state is “maximum gravity”.
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The surgery of more than six hours was the third of Uribe since it was shot. He was rushed to emergency surgery due to bleeding in the brain on Monday morning, according to the hospital, after undergoing another surgical procedure complementary to the original operation.
“I came here to ask all Colombians again, appealing to their good hearts, the love they feel for Miguel, my family and Colombia, that we say a mass prayer. Today is a crucial day,” his wife María Claudia Tarazona told journalists outside the hospital.
On Sunday, marches were held for peace and vigils across the country for Uribe’s health.
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Three suspects, including a 15 -year -old who was supposed to be the shooter, are in custody. In a video of the capture of the teenager, verified independently by Reuters, it is possible to hear the teenager shouting that he had been hired by a drug trafficker in the region. Two adults, one man and a woman, are also being detained.
Uribe comes from a prominent political family. His grandfather, Julio César Turbay, was president from 1978 to 1982, while his mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 during a rescue operation after being kidnapped by an armed group under the command of the late cartel leader Pablo Escobar.
