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Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, one of the presidential candidates for the Uribe-led Democratic Center party, was seriously injured this Saturday in an attack during a campaign event in Bogotá, Colombia.
He was shot multiple times in the head by a 15-year old gunman who was arrested at the scene and treated for leg injuries. The shooting occurred in the Modelia neighborhood, located in western Bogotá, and the 39-year-old senator was rushed to a clinic.
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Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, one of the presidential candidates for the Uribe-led Democratic Center party, was seriously injured this Saturday in an attack during a campaign event in Bogotá, Colombia.
He was shot multiple times in the head by a 15-year old gunman who was arrested at the scene and treated for leg injuries. The shooting occurred in the Modelia neighborhood, located in western Bogotá, and the 39-year-old senator was rushed to a clinic.
Uribe's family has a long political history combatting drug cartels since his grandfather was Colombia's President from 1978-1982 during the rise of Pablo Escobar. He himself survived an attack by rebel group M-19 of which current President Gustavo Petro was a member of of the time.
Miguel's mother died after being kidnapped in 1991 by Pablo Escobar's men. As the daughter of a former Colombian president, she was targeted when the Medellin Cartel was going at war with the government over possible US extradition law changes.
