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Colombian senator and presidential candidate MiGuel Uribe Turbay was shot at an event in Bogota, and his condition is still unclear.
The 39 -year -old candidate by the opposition Centro Democratiko was transported to the medical center in the capital of Colombia, Semana informed. Online shooting shots showed that Uribe’s head and back were covered with blood, the outlet said.
The shooter was detained, said the mayor of Bogota Carlos Galan on X.
Shooting brought immediate convictions from the government of President Gustav Petro, which repeated its obligation to protect all political leaders.
Uribe is the grandson of former President Julius César Turbay and the son of killed journalist Diana Turbay. Campaign in fontibon, popular neighborhood in West Bogota.
“Violence can never be ahead.
URIBE has tilted the right and order, economic stability and Pro-business platform in its role as the Senate-Kde in 2022 received more votes than any other candidate.
A close ally of former President Álvar Urebe, warned for a long time that Colombia would return to violence.
“We are attracted to the past of violence that we do not want to return to,” said Miguel Uribe 5. June at a banking conference in Cartagena. “There is nothing without security: physical security, public order, legal certainty, clear rules, institutional stability and rule of law.”
Uribe, educated at the Colombian University of De Los Andes and Harvard’s Kennedy School, criticized Petro left -wing reforms.
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