In Colombia, a pretender to the presidency successfully operated after being injured by bullets at the head – Liberation

Conservative senator Miguel Uibe, claiming to the presidency of Colombia For the May 2026 election injured in the heads during a meeting in Bogotá « pass » a successful surgical operation after being hospitalized in a « Critical state », The mayor of the capital announced this Sunday, June 8, June 8.

The councilor, Carlos Fernando Galán, said that the conservative senator had entered into « Critical hours » recovery for the guarantee of its survival.

A video published on social networks shows the 39 -year -old politician in the process of speaking a speech during a campaign meeting in the west of the capital when gunshots. The right -wing elected official was touched twice in the head and once at the knee, the paramedics said who took care of it.

Helipotted to the Santa FE clinic in the capital, it is the subject of a neurosurgical operation, the establishment said. « He fights for his life right now », said his wife on the elected X account.

According to the police, the alleged perpetrator is a minor, who opened fire at around 5.30 p.m. locals (0.30 am French time). Injured in one leg, the young person was mastered by the Corps of Uibe, reported to the press, the police chief, Carlos Fernando Triana.

Two other people, a man and a woman, were also injured and a handgun was found, police said.

The reasons for the attack were not immediately determined. The Ministry of Defense assured that the security services were doing everything to shed light.

Miguel Uibe is a member of the Democratic Center party, the main formation of the Colombian right. This is directed by the influential Alvaro Uibe, Head of State between 2002 and 2010. The ex-president spoke of an attack on « Hope for the fatherland ». The two uribe have no relationship.

The government of Left president, Gustavo Petro,, for his part, denounced « Cateux and energetically the attack ».

« This act of violence is an attack not only against the physical integrity of the senator, but also against democracy, freedom of thought and the legitimate exercise of politics in Colombia », underlined the presidency in its press release. “Respecting life is the red line. Colombia should not kill its children ”, wrote Petro on the social network X.

In a speech pronounced on Saturday evening, President Petro spoke of a « Day of pain » For Colombia and promised in -depth investigations to find the culprits. « What is most important today is that all Colombians are concentrating with all their hearts, of all their desire to live (…) on the survival of Dr Miguel Uibe », he added.

Senator Uibe announced in October aspired to be elected president in 2026 to succeed Gustavo Petro, of which he is a keen detractor. Although the official campaign for the May 2026 election is not yet opened, several contenders have already started to defend their declared applications.

Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned the attack and announced on the social network X that the authorities offered an award of around $ 725,000 for any information to capture those responsible.

The head of diplomacy of the United States, Marco Rubio, has everything but played the score of appeasement. He immediately blamed the « Violent left rhetoric » After the attack, calling Petro to « moderate » his words and « Protect Colombian public representatives ».

The UN office in Colombia has « firmly » condemned the attack. « We are convinced that the authorities will shed light on the facts and punish » The authors, he reacted on X.

Miguel Uibe is the grandson of Julio César Turbay, president between 1978 and 1982, and the son of Diana Turbay, a journalist who had been abducted by the former drug baron Pablo Escobar, Before being killed during a military rescue operation in 1991.

Senator since 2022, Miguel Uibe had previously been secretary of the government of the capital Bogotá. He also tried to conquer the town hall in 2019, without success.

Update At 10 a.m. with the operation that successfully happened according to the mayor of Bogotá.