Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe, who was shot in the head at a campaign event two months ago, died in the early hours of Monday at the age of 39, the hospital treating him said.
Uribe, a member of a prominent political family and a legislator for the right-wing opposition, was shot in Bogota on June 7 where he was speaking to try to secure his party's nomination for 2026 elections.
His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, announced his death on social media. I ask God to show me the way to learn to live without you, she wrote. Rest in peace, love of my life, I will take care of our children.
The attack was the worst outbreak of political violence in about two decades and evoked memories of the turbulent years of the 1980s and 1990s, when four presidential candidates were murdered in separate attacks blamed on drug cartels.
The capital's Santa Fe Foundation hospital where supporters held regular vigils during Uribe's treatment and repeated operations said over the weekend his condition had worsened because of a haemorrhage in his central nervous system. On Monday, it said he had died at 1.56am.