India, Aug. 11 -- Miguel Uribe, a Colombian senator and a potential presidential candidate from the right-wing opposition, died on Monday, two months after being shot in the head at a campaign rally.

The 39-year-old leader was shot twice in the head on June 7 in Bogota. Since then, he had been fighting for life in the hospital, undergoing multiple surgeries. Miguel Uribe even showed some improvement in July, but over the past weekend, his condition worsened due to a haemorrhage in his central nervous system.

Uribe's wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, said in an Instagram post early on Monday, "You'll always be the love of my life. Thank you for a life filled with love, thank you for being a father to the girls, the best dad to Alejandro."

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