BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, is in critical condition and has shown little response to treatment after being shot in Bogota on Saturday, the hospital treating him said in a statement on Monday.

Last Thursday, presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay warned that Colombia was fast sinking back into its violent past. Two days later, a gunman shot him in the head during a rally.

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, is in critical condition and has shown little response to treatment after being shot in Bogota on Saturday, the hospital treating him said on Monday.

Miguel Uribe Turbay, a conservative presidential hopeful, remained in “extremely serious” condition on Sunday, a day after being shot.

Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is in critical condition and "fighting for his life" after he was shot three times during a campaign rally in Bogota.

The shooting of Sen. Miguel Uribe sparks fears of a return to the blood-soaked political violence of the 1980s and ’90s,