Miguel Uribe Turbay, who has announced his candidacy for next year's presidential election, was shot at a rally

A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.

Colombian opposition senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in Bogotá on Saturday evening, in an attack that has shocked a country with a long history of political violence.