A video circulating on social media shows 39-year-old Miguel Uribe giving a speech in front of several people when gunshots suddenly ring out.
The government of leftist President Gustavo Petro said it “categorically and forcefully” condemned the attack on Uribe during the campaign event in the west of the capital.
Uribe, a strong critic of Petro, is a member of the Democratic Center party, led by the influential former president Alvaro Uribe, who governed Colombia from 2002 to 2018.
Bogota Mayor Carlos Galan said on X that Miguel Uribe was “receiving emergency care,“ adding that “the shooter has been captured.”
The military and police leadership were holding a meeting to “devise a strategy to address the situation,“ the minister said.
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