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Colombian Presidential Hopeful Still in Critical Condition After Shooting, Wave of Bomb Attacks

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Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in the head on June 7; three days later, two dozen bombings rocked the country.

Colombian Presidential Hopeful Still in Critical Condition After Shooting, Wave of Bomb Attacks

People hug each other outside the clinic where Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay is being treated after he was shot at a political rally, in Bogota, Colombia, on June 8, 2025. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo

Yeny Sora Robles

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Colombian presidential hopeful and legislator Miguel Uribe Turbay remains in critical condition 10 days after being shot in the head during an event in Bogota. Meanwhile, investigators have not determined whether a series of subsequent bombings is related to the shooting.

Uribe underwent surgery on June 16 to stem a brain bleed, according to a statement from Bogota’s Santa Fe Foundation Hospital, where he is being treated.

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