The brazen attack, captured on video, recalled the political violence of past decades. The senator arrived at a hospital in critical condition.

The conservative Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay has been shot and seriously injured at a campaign rally in the capital, Bogota. It was a brazen attack captured on video and shook a country

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, was shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to the government and his party, as his wife said he was fighting for his life in hospital.