Colombia Presidential Candidate Uribe Shot in Bogota: Semana
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was shot at an event in Bogota on Saturday, Semana reported.
The Centro Democratico opposition party's 39-year-old candidate was shot by a man at the event in the Colombian capital, the news outlet reported.
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