Minor shoots, seriously wounds Colombian senator
BOGOTA—Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, was fighting for his life in hospital after being shot during a campaign event in Bogota on Saturday.
The Colombian Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that “a minor under 15 years of age was arrested carrying a Glock pistol-type firearm,” and President Gustavo Petro ordered an investigation into who had ordered the attack.
The 39-year-old senator, a member of the opposition conservative Democratic Center party, was shot during a 2026 presidential campaign event in a public park in the capital on Saturday, according to a party statement condemning the attack.
The party said “armed subjects shot him from behind” and described the attack as serious, but did not disclose further details on Uribe’s condition.
His wife Maria Claudia Tarazona wrote on her husband’s account on X that he was “fighting for his life.”
