Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Critically Wounded in Bogota Shooting

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a 39-year-old presidential candidate from the conservative Democratic Center party, was critically injured after being shot during a campaign rally in the Fontibon neighborhood of Bogota. He sustained two gunshot wounds to the head and one to the knee, and is undergoing complex neurosurgical and vascular procedures at Santa Fe Foundation hospital. A 15-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene, and two others were also wounded in the attack. The incident has drawn international condemnation, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denouncing the violence as a threat to democracy and calling on President Gustavo Petro to reduce inflammatory rhetoric against opposition figures. Uribe Turbay's personal history is marked by tragedy; his mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped and killed during a police rescue operation targeting Pablo Escobar's forces in 1991. The attack has heightened concerns over political violence in Colombia as the country prepares for its 2026 presidential election.