Presidential candidate shot and severely wounded in Colombia | EUROtoday

A presidential candidate in Colombia has been shot and severely wounded at an occasion in Bogota, based on stories.

Miguel Uribe Turbay, a senator, was in important situation and a suspect has been arrested, the Agence France Presse information company reported.

Early stories mentioned he had been shot within the head or within the again.

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The mayor of Bogota, Carlos Galán, was quoted by CNN as saying that Uribe was receiving emergency therapy after being attacked within the Fontibon district on Saturday.

In a press release Colombia’s presidential workplace condemned the assault.

It mentioned: “The National Government categorically and forcefully rejects the attack that the Senator of the Republic, Miguel Uribe Turbay, was the victim of in recent hours.”

Shocking video and footage on social media appeared to point out Uribe shot whereas addressing a crowd of individuals; shocked members of the general public working from the scene; a person being held down on the bottom by legislation enforcement officers; and blood smeared on the entrance of a car.

Uribe, 39, is the son of Diana Turbay, a journalist who was kidnapped by the Medellin medication cartel and killed in a bungled rescue try in 1991, three days earlier than her son’s fifth birthday. His grandfather was Julio César Turbay Ayala, who served as president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982.

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He is a member of the opposition conservative Democratic Center social gathering and is working for the presidency in 2026.

The social gathering launched a press release calling the obvious assassination try an “an unacceptable act of violence.”

Colombia’s Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez mentioned a suspect had been arrested within the taking pictures and that authorities had been investigating whether or not others had been concerned. Sanchez mentioned he had visited the hospital the place Uribe was being handled.

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The South American nation has for many years been embroiled in a battle between leftist rebels, prison teams descended from right-wing paramilitaries, and the federal government.

Leftist President Gustavo Petro sympathized with the senator’s household in a message on X, saying, “I don’t know how to ease your pain. It is the pain of a mother lost, and of a homeland.”

With reporting from Reuters