Senator Miguel Uribe, a presidential candidate of Colombia, was shot on June 7 during a campaign event in Bogota, the country’s capital. He underwent surgery after arriving in a “critical state” to a clinic. .
According to a bulletin released by the hospital on Saturday (9), the senator had “regressed to the critical state due to an episode of hemorrhage in the central nervous system” occurred in the last 48 hours. He underwent emergency surgery and was sedated again.
The politician was the son of Diana Turbay, a kidnapped and murdered journalist in 1991 by drug traffickers linked to Pablo Escobar when Uribe was five years old. The case was portrayed in the book News of a kidnapping, by writer Gabriel García Márquez. Miguel was also the grandson of former Colombian President Julio César Turbay Ayala, who ruled the country between 1978 and 1982. Despite the surname, he was not related to Álvaro Uribe.
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The attack took place in a park in the Fontibón neighborhood of Bogota during a campaign event. According to the Democratic Center Party, armed men shot the back of the politician. Images on social networks show blood -covered Uribe being rescued by supporters. The Attorney General said that two other people were injured.
After the attack, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered investigations. In a publication on social networks, the senator’s wife wrote: “Miguel is fighting for her life right now.”
The Colombian government has classified the case as “an attack not only on the senator’s personal integrity, but also to democracy, freedom of thought and the legitimate exercise of politics in the country.” Brazil and the United States also condemned the crime.
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In the last 50 years, Colombia has recorded three murders of presidential candidates: Luiz Carlos Galán, in 1989; Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, in 1990; and Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, also in 1990.
