Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian senator and presidential hopeful who was hospitalized after being shot at a campaign event more than two months ago, has died, his wife announced on Monday.

Maria Claudia Tarazona, the widow of late Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, attends his lying in state ceremony at Congress in Bogota on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has died two months after being shot at a campaign rally,

Political violence has become rarer in recent years, with the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reaching a peace deal in 2016.