Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible right-wing candidate in the country's presidential election next year, is recovering after successfully undergoing surgery following an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Bogota.

The 39-year-old Uribe was speaking to supporters in the capital city when a gunman shot him twice in the head and once in the knee. He was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition and underwent a "neurosurgical" and "peripheral vascular procedure," the Santa Fe Clinic in Bogota told AFP.

He "overcame the first surgical procedure," Bogota Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan told local media.

Uribe's wife, in an audio recording shared with the media, said her husband "came out well from the surgery."

"He fought the first battle and fought it well. He is f

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