Colombian presidential hopeful Uribe dies 2 months after shooting
Miguel Uribe, from the right-wing opposition, was shot in Bogotá on June 7 while giving a speech at a rally, in an attack that shocked the nation
Colombian Senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe, who was shot in the head at a campaign event two months ago, died in the early hours of Monday, his family and the hospital treating him said. He was 39.
Uribe, from the right-wing opposition, was shot in Bogotá on June 7 as he was giving a speech at a rally, in an attack that shocked the nation.
His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, announced his death on social media. “I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you,” she wrote. “Rest in peace, love of my life, I will take care of our children. I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you.”
The capital’s Santa Fe Foundation hospital – where supporters held regular vigils during his treatment – said over the weekend his condition had worsened because of a haemorrhage in his central nervous system.
Former President Álvaro Uribe, the leader of the senator’s Democratic Center party and no relation to the deceased lawmaker, wrote on social media that “evil destroys everything; they killed hope”.
“May Miguel’s fight be a light that illuminates Colombia’s right path,” added the former president, who was sentenced by a judge earlier this month to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process and bribery of a public official.