BOGOTA — Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot Saturday in Bogota, as reported by the government and his political party. Details regarding his condition have yet to be confirmed.
The 39-year-old senator is part of the conservative opposition, Democratic Center party, which was established by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Despite sharing a surname, they are not related.
A party statement denouncing the attack noted that the senator was conducting a campaign event in a public park in the capital on Saturday when “armed individuals shot him in the back.”
The party described the attack as serious but did not disclose further details on his health.
Colombia’s presidency issued a statement saying the government “categorically and forcefully” rejected the violent attack and called for a thorough investigation.
Uribe’s mother, the journalist Diana Turbay, was killed in 1991 during a rescue operation after she was kidnapped by Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel.
