A Colombian senator hoping to be the nation’s subsequent president stays in a essential situation and has proven little response to remedy after he was shot on Saturday, the hospital treating him has stated.
Miguel Uribe Turbay, a member of the opposition right-wing Democratic Middle Get together, was shot within the head throughout a marketing campaign occasion at a public park within the Fontibon neighbourhood of the Colombian capital Bogota.
“His condition is extremely serious,” the Santa Fe Basis hospital stated in an announcement immediately.
“Therefore, the prognosis remains guarded.”
The replace got here earlier than the pinnacle of Colombia’s nationwide police stated the 9mm pistol used within the assault was legally bought in Arizona within the US.
Authorities are investigating the way it bought into Colombia.
The Lawyer Common’s Workplace, which is investigating the taking pictures, stated the 39-year-old senator suffered two gunshot wounds within the assault.
The hospital had stated on Sunday that Mr Uribe Turbay was in a essential situation and had procedures on his head and his left thigh. It added that he remained in intensive care as medical doctors sought to stabilise his situation.
In the meantime, a 15-year-old boy was arrested on the scene with a firearm.
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Police chief Common Carlos Triana later stated the teenage suspect was being handled for a leg damage.
Lawyer Common Luz Adriana Camacho stated on Monday that authorities have but to interrogate the boy as he has been receiving medical care.
Nonetheless, she stated that if {the teenager} have been a gun-for-hire, he would doubtless have little details about the hirer’s motive.
Two different folks have been injured within the assault, however the nature of their accidents has not been made public.
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Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is carried to an ambulance. Pic: Reuters
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A soldier guards the hospital the clinic the place Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is being handled. Pic: AP
Mr Uribe Turbay’s spouse Maria Claudia Tarazona stated on Sunday that he had survived an preliminary operation for his accidents however remained in intensive care.
“Miguel came out of surgery, he made it. Every hour is a critical hour. He fought his first battle, and it went well,” Ms Tarazona instructed native media. “This will take time.”
The couple are mother and father to a younger son.
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Maria Claudia Tarazona outdoors the hospital the place Miguel Uribe Turbay is being handled. Pic: AP
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Miguel Uribe Turbay in Bogota in Might. Pic: AP
Mr Uribe Turbay, a right-wing politician from a outstanding political household, introduced earlier this yr that he wished to run for president and was vying to be his occasion’s candidate in Colombia’s presidential election in March 2026.
It was unclear why he was focused within the assault. He was polling nicely behind different occasion candidates on the time of the taking pictures.
Mr Uribe’s grandfather was president from 1978 to 1982, whereas his mom, journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped in 1990 by an armed group beneath the command of the late cartel chief Pablo Escobar.
She was killed throughout a rescue operation in 1991.
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Individuals collect to wish for Miguel Uribe Turbay’s restoration within the metropolis of Cali. Pic: AP
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Individuals maintain candles as they collect outdoors the hospital the place Miguel Uribe Turbay is being handled. Pic: AP
Bogota’s mayor, Carlos Galan, whose personal presidential candidate father was assassinated in 1989, addressed journalistsoutside the hospital in a single day, saying he had requested for elevated safety for all candidates in Bogota and for Mr Uribe’s household.
The federal government is providing a $730,000 (£540,000) reward for info, and President Gustavo Petro stated the investigation will concentrate on who ordered the assault.
“For now, there is nothing more than a hypothesis,” he stated, including that failures in safety protocols would even be appeared into.
Mr Uribe Turbay was accompanied by a crew of 21 folks on the time of the taking pictures, his workplace stated, together with councilman Andres Barrios.
His occasion described it as an “unacceptable act of violence”, whereas US secretary of state Marco Rubio condemned it within the “strongest possible terms”.
Writing on X, Mr Rubio additionally urged Colombia’s present president to “dial back the inflammatory rhetoric and protect Colombian officials”.
