Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe filmed during the campaign

According to media reports, the government and its campaign said that the Colombian senator and presidential candidate were shot dead in Bogota on Saturday.

Miguel Uribe, 39, held a campaign in the park while “armed subjects shot him backward.”

There is no news about the situation in Uribe.

Miguel Uribe, 39, was shot and held a campaign in the park. (Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)

He is a member of the opposition right-wing Democratic Centre party founded by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

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Reuters contributed to the report.