On June 7, Uribe sustained fatal injuries after he was shot three times, twice in the head, while giving a campaign speech in a park and had remained in an intensive care unit in serious condition with episodes of slight improvement.

Colombia bid farewell on Tuesday to Senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died Monday after succumbing to injuries from a June assassination attempt, in a solemn ceremony at Bogotá’s Plaza de Bolívar that silenced the usually bustling political square.

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe has died at 39, two months after being shot in the head during a campaign event.