11 Aug 2025

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe dead after June shooting

11:35 pm on 11 August 2025
Colombian politician Miguel Uribe Turbay during the demonstrations against the reform proposals of Colombian president Gustavo Petro, in Bogota, Colombia, February 15, 2023. (Photo by Sebastian Barros/NurPhoto) (Photo by Sebastian Barros / NurPhoto via AFP)

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe. Photo: AFP/SEBASTIAN BARROS

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, who had been hospitalised since he was shot in the head in June during a campaign event, has died, his family said on Monday.

Uribe, 39, a potential presidential candidate from the right-wing opposition, was shot in Bogota on 7 June during a rally.

"I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you," his wife Maria Claudia Tarazona wrote on social media. "Rest in peace, love of my life, I will take care of our children."

- Reuters

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