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BOGOTA, July 5 (Reuters) – Colombian police have captured a fugitive accused of involvement in last month’s attack on Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential candidate, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday, marking the fifth arrest in the case.

Elder Jose Arteaga, known as El Costeño, was arrested on suspicion of inducing the 15-year-old charged with shooting the politician at a rally in Colombia’s capital Bogota on June 7 to commit the crime, the sources said.

Arteaga, who the two sources said has a long criminal record, was detained in a neighborhood in western Bogota, a day after Colombian police said Interpol issued a red notice for his arrest.

Colombian police chief Carlos Fernando Triana said in a post on social media on Friday that Arteaga was wanted for “aggravated attempted homicide; manufacture, trafficking and carrying of firearms or ammunition; and use of minors for the commission of crimes.”

Uribe – a 39-year-old presidential pre-candidate for the conservative opposition Democratic Center party – was shot twice in the head and once in his left leg, according to state prosecutors. He has undergone several serious surgeries since the attack, which left him in critical condition.

The 15-year-old alleged shooter was arrested minutes after the attack, and three others have since been arrested.

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