Colombian senator and would-be presidential candidate is shot and wounded at Bogota campaign rally

BOGOTA Colombia AP Colombian Sen Miguel Uribe Turbay a accomplishable candidate in the country s presidential electoral contest next year was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday bureaucrats reported His conservative Democratic Center party issued a declaration calling it an unacceptable act of violence The attack took place in a park in the Fontibon neighborhood when armed assailants shot him from behind revealed the right-wing party which was founded by former President Alvaro Uribe The men are not related Images circulating on social media demonstrated Uribe Turbay covered in blood apparently with a head wound being held by several people So far no official analysis has been distributed on the senator s condition A suspected shooter has been captured Bogot Mayor Carlos Gal n stated on the social platform X But the federal regime noted it was offering a reward for the capture of those responsible Respect life that s the red line Colombian President Gustavo Petro stated in a message posted on his X account Shortly after making the post Petro canceled a planned trip to France due to the seriousness of the events according to a presidential declaration Uribe Turbay is a senator and the son of a journalist who was kidnapped and killed in during one of the country s preponderance violent periods Colombia will hold a presidential referendum on May the end of the current term of Petro the first leftist to come to power in Colombia Uribe Turbay communicated his presidential bid in March Colombian police chief Gen Carlos Triana noted that at the time of the attack Uribe Turbay was accompanied by Councilman Andr s Barrios and other people A minor who allegedly participated in the attack was apprehended at the scene and is being treated for a leg injury he reported A firearm was also seized I have ordered the Colombian military and police forces and intelligence agencies to deploy all their capabilities to urgently clarify the facts reported Defense Minister Pedro S nchez Former President Uribe explained they attacked the hope of the country a great husband father son brother a great colleague