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.The 39-year-old opposition senator now “needs a miracle,

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, remains in critical condition and has shown little response to treatment after being shot in Bogota, the hospital treating him said on Monday.

Miguel Uribe’s shooting feels like a flashback to Colombia’s past—proof that political violence never really left.