By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, who has been hospitalized since he was shot in the head earlier this month during a campaign event, has been transferred to emergency surgery for a brain bleed,

Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, underwent another emergency neurosurgery Monday after suffering acute intracerebral bleeding, according to the Santa Fe Foundation,

A presidential hopeful, son of a late journalist, grandson of ex-Colombian President - senator Miguel Uribe is currently battling for his life after he was shot during a rally in Bogota. The 39-year-old Democratic Center leader is in critical condition after he was shot twice on Saturday afternoon in the capital's Fontibon district.