The conservative Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay has been shot and seriously injured at a campaign rally in the capital, Bogota.

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

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has bypassed legislative opposition and signed a decree summoning voters to the polls in August to decide changes to the country’s labor laws, including whether workd

The attack took place in a park in the Fontibon neighborhood when armed assailants shot him in the back, his party said.

Top U.S. and Chinese officials will sit down in London on Monday for talks aimed at defusing the high-stakes trade dispute between the two superpowers that has widened in recent weeks beyond tit-for-tat tariffs to export controls over goods and components critical to global supply chains.

The potential presidential contender, survived an initial operation after being shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to his wife and the hospital.

A 15-year-old boy accused of shooting Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe pleaded not guilty. Uribe is in critical condition after being shot at a Bogotá rally. Authorities suspect the teen may be a hired hitman.

An assassination attempt on presidential candidate Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay shook Colombia on Saturday, reviving painful memories of the political violence that has scarred the nation.