Rubio condemns assassination attempt on Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other politicians from the U S and Latin America condemned the shooting of Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe on Sunday Rubio blamed the assassination attempt on violent leftist rhetoric originating from the Colombian regime Uribe a Colombian senator is at present fighting for his life after sustaining three gunshot wounds one of which was to the head The United States condemns in the strongest achievable terms the attempted assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe This is a direct threat to democracy and the outcome of the violent leftist rhetoric coming from the highest levels of the Colombian establishment Rubio wrote Having seen firsthand Colombia s progress over the past sparse decades to consolidate prevention and democracy it can t afford to go back to dark days of political violence President Petro requirements to dial back the inflammatory rhetoric and protect Colombian functionaries he added WHO IS COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO FORMER MARXIST GUERRILLA AND COUNTRY'S FIRST LEFTIST LEADER Ohio Sen Bernie Moreno also condemned the attack in a announcement on social media The assassination attempt on leading presidential candidate Miguel Uribe is a vile attack on democracy This evil act must be investigated and anyone responsible directly or indirectly must face swift punishment Moreno wrote Chilean President Gabriel Boric also reacted to Uribe's shooting My strongest condemnation of the attack against Miguel Uribe Turbay pre-presidential candidate in Colombia In a democracy violence has no place or justification Boric wrote FBI'S KASH PATEL VOWS YOU RE GOING TO KNOW EVERYTHING WE KNOW' ABOUT TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTAuthorities say Uribe was shot by a -year-old hit man and they are reviewing who was behind the attack Miguel is fighting for his life at this moment Let us ask God to guide the hands of the doctors who are attending to him Maria Claudia Tarazona Miguel's wife wrote on her husband's X account I ask everyone to join together in a prayer chain for Miguel's life Colombian President Gustavo Petro Uribe's chief opponent in the presidential race declared the attack crossed a red line and ordered an research He also canceled a planned trip to France this week citing the seriousness of the events CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPColombia's Ministry of Defense has offered a nearly reward for information relating to the assassination attempt