Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay remains in a critical condition after an assassination attempt on Saturday that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s.

The 39-year-old opposition senator is out of a “neurosurgical” operation and a procedure on his left thigh, but his condition remains extremely serious, according to a statement from La Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, where he is being treated. It declined to give a prognosis.

Uribe’s wife had said the 39-year-old opposition senator is “fighting for his life” following the attack, which happened while he was campaigning in a Bogota neighbourhood on Saturday.

A 15-year-old youth was arrested in relation to the shooting after being beaten up by a crowd, according to Attorney General

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