Miguel Uribe, a presidential candidate in Colombia, was shot at Bogot on Saturday. The government and its party reportedly confirmed the incident. The suspect was arrested in connection with the assassination attempt.
Who is Miguel Uribe?
Miguel Uribe (39) is a right -wing senator and a member of an opposition conservative democratic center founded by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Both men are not related.
Uribe’s mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 during the rescue operation after her kidnapped Medell’s cartel Pablo Escobara, Reuters reported.
According to CBS News reports, an attempt to assassinate in Columbia since the time of the drug Lord Pablo Escobar at the beginning of the 1990s.
An attempt of assassination
The URIBE Party condemned the attack and said that the senator organizes a public park campaign in the neighborhood of Fontibon in the capital on Saturday, when “armed entities shot him in the back”.
Uribe, whose head and back were covered with blood, were taken to the medical center in the city, according to Semana.
The mayor of Bogota, Carlos Galan, said Uribe received emergency care after being attacked in the Fontibon district, and that the “entire hospital network” of the Colombian capital was in alert in case it had to be transferred.
Although the authorities did not have immediate confirmation on the state of its condition, the media reports claimed that Miguel Urebe was in a critical state.
One person was arrested in connection with the attack. The mayor of Bogota confirmed that the suspicious striker was arrested.
The Colombian Presidency issued a statement that the government “categorically and violently” rejected a violent attack and called for a thorough investigation into the events that took place.
“I don’t know how to alleviate your pain. It’s a mother’s pain lost and injured homeland,” said Colombian President Gustavo Petro on X.
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