The death of Miguel Uribe, two months after the attack against him, marks a return to the worst period of political violence in Colombia.

Miguel Uribe, who died on Monday, was from a prominent Colombian political family for whom the turbulence of the country's recent decades twice became personal tragedy. Uribe had been vying for his party's candidacy in upcoming presidential elections but died two months after being shot in the head at a campaign rally.

Miguel Uribe Turbay was becoming a well-known figure in Colombian political circles. At the age of 39, he had already been a senator, had made a name for himself as a vocal critic of President Gustavo Petro,