Colombian presidential candidate shot in head during campaign event

The conservative leader remains hospitalised as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the attack.
Text: Óscar Ontañón Docal
Published 2025-06-08

The latest news on Colombia. Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a prominent conservative voice and potential presidential contender, was shot during a campaign event in Bogotá on Saturday, as confirmed by both the government and his political party.


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Miguel's wife posted on X: "I am Maria Claudia Tarazona, Miguel's wife. Miguel is currently fighting for his life. Let us ask God to guide the hands of the doctors who are treating him. I ask everyone to join us in a chain of prayer for Miguel's life. I put my faith in God."

Authorities arrested a suspect shortly after the attack, which took place in a crowded park in the Fontibon neighbourhood in the capital on Saturday. Uribe remains hospitalised in critical condition, while investigators work to determine who may have ordered the assault.

Bogota, Colombia - 14th November 2023. Miguel Uribe Turbay at the Citizen protest in front of the Ministry of Health against the Health Reform proposed by the Government of Gustavo Petro in Bogota

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