Colombian Senator in “Extremely Critical Condition” after being shot dead

Doctors treating the Colombian presidential hope Miguel Uribe Turbai warned that he was in “extremely critical condition” after being shot in the head 10 days ago.

Uribe underwent an emergency surgery on Monday to stop bleeding to the brain, a hospital statement said.

His wife told him that the hours after the operation would be critical and asked the Colombians to pray for his recovery.

The attack on June 7 against Uribe shocked the Colombians, who were in their tens of thousands to attend silent protests held across the country on Sunday.

“Miguel continues to fight for his life as never before,” said his wife Maria Claudia Tazona, outside Santa Fe, where he is being treated.

“We need all the prayers and words of love. Love keeps him alive.”

The 39-year-old conservative senator, who was looking for his party nomination for the 2026 presidential election, was shot dead three times at an event in the capital Bogota.

A suspected teenager was arrested while running away from the scene. The 15-year-old has been accused of attempting murder and pleaded guilty.

A man accused of providing the shooter with the pistol has also been detained, as is a woman suspected of providing “logistical support” for the attack.

However, police are still trying to determine the possible motive for the attack and who may have ordered it.

The arrogant attack on politics – in the daylight, as he was exporting a middle -class neighborhood in Bogota – returned memories of the tumultuous decades of the 1980s and 90s in Colombia, when several presidential candidates and influential Colombian figures were killed.

Uribe’s own mother, journalist Diana Turbey, was abducted by Los Extraditables in 1990 – an union created by leading drugs of drugs.

She was held hostage by them for five months before being shot during an attempt to rescue.

Uribe often quotes her as her inspiration to run for the political service to “work for our country”.

Los Extraditables, who said they would prefer a tomb in Colombia in front of a prison cell in the United States, abducted and attacked famous Colombians in an attempt to force the government at the time to cancel its extradition contract with the United States.