- 39-year-old Uribe runs for the presidency of polls in 2026.
- He is Member of Opposition Conservative Democratic Center Party.
- Authorities arresting suspect, probe whether others were involvedEd.
Colombic senator Miguel Uribe was shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to the government and his party, and local media reported he was in a local hospital in serious condition.
The 39-year-old senator, who runs for the presidency in 2026, is a member of the opposition conservative democratic Center Party founded by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. The two men are not related.
According to a party statement condemning the attack, the senator hosted a campaign event in a public park in the Fontibon Quarter in the capital on Saturday when “armed topics shot him in the back.”
The party described the attack as serious, but did not reveal further details of the state of the Uribes.
Colombia’s Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said a suspect had been arrested in the shooting and that the authorities were investigating whether others were involved. Sanchez said he had visited the hospital where Uribe was treated.
Colombia’s Presidency issued a statement that the government “categorically and powerfully” rejected the violent attack and called for a thorough investigation of the events that took place.
Uribe is from a prominent family in Colombia with links to the country’s liberal party. His father was a businessman and union leader. His mother, journalist Diana Turvay, was kidnapped in 1990 by an armed group under the command of the deceased cartelor Pablo Escobar. She was killed during a rescue operation.
For decades, Colombia has become involved in a conflict between leftist rebels, criminal groups originating from right -wing paramilitaries and the government. Left Recruit President Gustavo Petro sympathized with the Senator’s family in a message of X and said, “I don’t know how I can ease your pain. It is the pain of a lost mother and of a homeland.”
