The brazen attack, captured on video, recalled the political violence of past decades. The senator arrived at a hospital in critical condition.

The attack against a conservative senator, Miguel Uribe Turbay, has shaken a nation that has struggled to move past its long history of political violence.

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, a presidential hopeful, was shot twice at a Bogota campaign event by a 15-year-old. He is in critical condition after surgery. The attack sparked national and international condemnation,