Posted on 08/11/2025 4:53:51 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Miguel Uribe, a Colombian senator who was vying for his party's candidacy in upcoming presidential elections, died on Monday, two months after being shot at a campaign rally. He was 39.
Uribe, a father and stepfather, was shot in the head while giving a campaign speech on June 7 and underwent multiple surgeries during his subsequent hospital stay.
He had shownsome improvement during July, but his condition worsened over the past weekend due to a hemorrhagein his central nervous system, the hospital treating him said on Sunday.
The assassination has evoked memories of intense political violence in Colombia's past. In the 1980s and 1990s, four presidential candidates were murdered in separate attacks blamed on drug cartels allied with right-wing paramilitary death squads.
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In the 2022 legislative elections, Uribe led the Senate slate for the Democratic Center party with the slogan "Colombia First," winning a seat in the chamber.
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They are Lefties. The rest is pure BS.
Yes. I agree.
Yes. head wounds are unpredictable.
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