Colombia senator, 39, dies weeks after being shot at campaign event
Uribe, a 39-year-old senator and a potential presidential candidate from the right-wing opposition, was shot in Bogota on June 7 during a rally and underwent multiple surgeries before his death.
'I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you,' his wife Maria Claudia Tarazona wrote on social media. 'Rest in peace, love of my life, I will take care of our children.'
Uribe enjoyed a rapid political rise, becoming a recognised lawmaker for the right-wing Democratic Center party. He was seeking to run in the 2026 presidential election on the right-wing platform.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested at the scene with a '9mm Glock-type firearm'. But has pleaded 'not guilty' after being formally charged on June 10 with an attempted murder, the prosecutor's office said.
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