1993 in Colombia

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Events in the year 1993 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President: César Gaviria (1990–1994).^{[ citation needed ]}
• Vice President: N/A. ^{[n 1]}

Events

Ongoing

• Colombian conflict.
• Massacre of Trujillo.

January

Volcanologist preparing at the Galeras stratovolcano on 14 January 1993, just hours before the eruption.

• 14 January – Galeras tragedy: The Galeras stratovolcano erupts, killing 6 volcanologists and 3 tourists. ^[1]
• 30 January – 12 days after a letter was published by Pablo Escobar vowing to renew his all-out war on the Colombian state, the Medellín Cartel detonates a bomb in Bogotá, killing 25 and injuring 70. ^[2]

February

• 11 February – 14 people are killed and 25 are injured in Barrancabermeja, Santander after a bomb goes off at an auto repair shop. ^[3]

March

• 19 March – The Colombian Army carry out a road sweep in San Jose Del Guaviare, Guaviare and find a 50 lbs explosive buried in a road connecting a U.S. Navy construction site and the local airport. It was successfully defused by the army. ^[4]

April

• 15 April – A car bomb is detonated in front of Bogotá's Centro 93 shopping mall by the Medellín Cartel, killing 8 and injuring 242. The blast destroys 100 commercial properties and causes damage valued at 1.5 Billion COP. ^[5]

May

• 19 May – SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes, killing 132 people. ^{[6] [7]}

June

• 22 June – Roison Mora Rubiano, a 16-year-old working in construction, is murdered by National Army members in Bogotá while walking home from work with his friends. He and his friends were throwing rocks when one hit a bus carrying National Army personnel. Two soldiers from the bus chased after Rubiano and his friends, eventually shooting at them and killing him. ^{[8] [9]}

July

• 1 July – Colombia's national football team plays Argentina's in the Copa América 1993 semi-finals at Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in Guayaquil, Ecuador. No goals are scored, but a penalty shoot out ends Argentina 6–5 Colombia.^{[ citation needed ]}

August

• 4-11 August – Tropical Storm Bret passes over northern coastal areas of Colombia, killing one person. ^[10] The storm kills a total of 231 people across Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica. ^[11]

October

• 14 October –The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights releases its second report on the situation of Human Rights in Colombia. ^[12]

November

• 5 November – Dario Londono Cardona, Vice President of the Senate, and his driver are shot by a group of hitmen in Medellín. This was days after a law he had written parts of, offering leniency to those charged with drug trafficking and other crimes who cooperated with officials, passed. The group “Death to Protectors of the Cali Cartel” claims responsibility. ^[13] Cardona later dies of his injuries. ^[14]

December

Members of Search Bloc pose over Pablo Escobar's body on 2 December 1993.

• 2 December – Death of Pablo Escobar: The infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar is killed in Medellín during a shoot-out with the National Army and local police. ^[15]

Births

• 15 January – Paulina Vega, model and actress (Miss Universe 2014).^{[ citation needed ]}
• 18 January – Juan Fernando Quintero, footballer. ^[16]
• 24 January – Kevin Ríos, track cyclist. ^[17]
• 28 February – Éder Álvarez Balanta, footballer.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 8 March – Kevin Roldán, singer.^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• 28 January – Edmundo Arias, 67, bandleader, musician, and composer. ^[18]
• 3 February – Omar Cañas, 23, footballer. ^[19]
• 11 September – Luis Antonio Escobar, 68, composer and musicologist. ^[20]
• 8 November – Francisco Zuluaga, 64, footballer. ^[21]
• 25 November – Juan Carlos Castillo, 29, racing cyclist. ^[22]
• 2 December – Pablo Escobar, 44, drug lord and narcoterrorist. ^[23]

Notes

1. The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994.

References

1. Broad, William J. (9 February 1993). "When a Volcano Turns Deadly for Those Studying Its Moods". The New York Times . Retrieved 7 September 2024.
2. "Bomb Blast in Colombia Blamed on Cocaine Cartel Kills 20, Injures 68" . The Los Angeles Times. 1 February 1993. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
3. "14 Killed and 25 Wounded By a Car Bomb in Colombia" . The New York Times. 11 February 1993. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
4. Corsun, Andrew, ed. (August 1994). "Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans: 1993" (PDF). Bureau of Diplomatic Security. United States Department of State: 4.
5. "Historia de otras bombas" [History of Other Bombs]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 November 1999. Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
6. "Aircraft accident Boeing 727-46 HK-2422X Medellín". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
7. "Boeing 727-46 HK-2422". JetPhotos.Net. Archived from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
8. "Colombia: extrajudicial execution / fear for safety: Roison Mora Rubiano, his brother and a friend". Amnesty International. 11 July 1993. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
9. "TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET CASE N° 11.525 ROISON MORA RUBIANO FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT REPORT N° 45/99 (COLOMBIA)" (PDF). Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States (OAS). 9 March 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
10. Wade, John (9 August 1993). "At Least 100 are Killed as Bret Slams Venezuela". Miami Herald. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
11. Pasch, Richard J. (22 November 1993). "Preliminary Report Tropical Storm Bret 4-11 August 1993". National Hurricane Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
12. "SECOND REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA". Organization of American States. 14 October 1993. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
13. "GUNMEN SHOOT COLOMBIAN SENATOR" . Washington Post. 5 November 1993. ISSN   0190-8286. Archived from the original on 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
14. "Colombia Senator Dies After Attack" . Los Angeles Times. 8 November 1993. Archived from the original on 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
15. "ESCOBAR KILLED IN MEDELLIN". Washington Post. 2024-01-05. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2024-09-07.
16. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
17. "Kevin Rios". London 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
18. "Murió Edmundo Arias" [Edmundo Arias has died], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 1993-01-29, retrieved 2025-03-20
19. "Olympedia Omar Cañas". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 8 July 2022.
20. "Luis Antonio Escobar - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
21. "COBO DESCRESTÓ A LOS MAGOS" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 1993-11-10. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
22. "ASESINADO EL CICLISTA JUAN C. CASTILLO". eltiempo. 27 November 1993. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
23. "Decline of the Medellín Cartel and the Rise of the Cali Mafia". U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Archived from the original on 18 January 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2010.

External links

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