Controversial Senator Miguel Uribe, Colombian presidential candidate in May 2026, was wounded on Saturday in Bogota during the election gathering, which the government “categorically and strongly” reported to fight for life.
The video published on social networks shows a 39-year-old politician as he holds a speech at the pre-election gathering in the western part of the capital when they echoed the shooting. Other recordings show him lying on the roof of the vehicle, and his body is covered in blood.
The right-wing politician was hit twice in the head and once in the knee, according to the nurses who treated him.
Fight for a living
Maria Claudia Tarazon’s wife wrote in the Uribe’s profile on Xu that her husband “fight for life.”
The Government of the left-wing president of Gustav Petra “categorically and strongly” convicted the attack on the Uriba. “This act of violence is an attack, not only on the physical integrity of the Senator, but also in democracy, freedom of thought and legitimate implementation of politics in Colombia,” the presidency in its statement emphasized.
“Respect for life is a red line. Colombia must not kill their children,” Petro wrote on the social network X.
Uribe belongs to the foreigners of the Democratic Center, which is led by the influential former president of Alvaro Uriba, which ruled Colombia between 2002. and 2018. Years. Last October, he announced that he was aspiring to be elected president 2026. years to succeed Peter, whose loud critic is.
The government offers $ 700,000 for an attacker information
Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned the attack and on the social platform X announced that the authorities offer a prize of approximately $ 700,000 for information that would lead to the arrest of those responsible. He later added that the suspect was arrested in the shooting and that the authorities investigate whether they were involved and another, and he also pointed out that he visited the hospital in which Uribe is located.
According to the police, the suspect’s perpetrator is a minor. Wounded in his leg caught Uribe’s bodyguards.
The main state lawyer of Luz Adriana Camargo, which explained on Radio Caracal that Miguel Uribe was in “intense care,” she said she was familiar with this information about the potential attacker, which is still under investigation.
“I sincerely hope that well and out of danger,” she wrote the Foreign Affairs of Laura Sarabia on Xu.
The United States “sharpest condemns the assassination attempt at Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, which was shot in Bogota on Saturday, State Secretary Marco Rubio said.
(Type / Source: N1/ PHOTO: X)
