Colombians mourned Miguel Uribe, 39, an opposition senator and presidential hopeful who died after being shot at a political rally two months ago.

A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country's drug-fueled violence has died. The family of Miguel Uribe Turbay said the 39-year-old politician died Monday at a hospital in the capital,

The family of Miguel Uribe Turbay said the politician died at a hospital in the capital, Bogota. Uribe, 39, was shot three times, twice in the head, while giving a campaign speech in a park and had since remained in an intensive care unit in serious condition with episodes of slight improvement.