2004 in Colombia

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See also:	Other events of 2004 Timeline of Colombian history

Events from the year 2004 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002 – 2010). ^{[1] [2]}
• Vice President: Francisco Santos Calderón (2002 – 2010). ^{[3] [4]}

Events

January

• 2 January – Senior Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) member Simón Trinidad is captured in Quito, Ecuador. ^[5]

February

• 21 February – The 2004 Barranquilla Carnival begins.^{[ citation needed ]}

March

• 4 March – President Uribe is in Doral, Florida, U.S.A speaking at U.S. Southern Command. ^[6]

April

• 16 April – Carlos Castaño Gil, co-founder of the Peasant Self-Defenders of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU) and leader in the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), is killed under uncertain circumstances. ^[7]

May

• 5 May – Senior FARC member Simón Trinidad is sentenced to 35 years in prison for kidnapping and rebellion in Valledupar. ^{[5] [8]}

June

• 6 June – The Colombia national football team plays Uruguay's in Barranquilla in a FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL qualification game. Colombia wins 5–0. ^[9]

July

• The AUC and Colombian Government begin peace talks; AUC leaders address Congress. ^[8]

August

• 5 August – U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld receives a memo about recent reporting from the New York Times , Newsweek , ^[10] and the Los Angeles Times on a declassified 1991 memo linking President Uribe to paramilitaries, drug trafficking, and Pablo Escobar. ^[6]
• 5 August – Colombian soldiers assassinate union leaders Jorge Eduardo Prieto, Leonel Goyeneche, and Hector Alirio Martinez in Saravena, Arauca. The army initially claims that the victims were Marxist rebels killed in a battle. ^[11]

September

• 6 September – The Attorney General's Office of Colombia admits that Colombian soldiers assassinated three union leaders on August 5 in Saravena. It orders the arrest of two soldiers, a civilian, and an army officer for the deaths of Jorge Eduardo Prieto, Leonel Goyeneche, and Hector Alirio Martinez. ^[11]

November

• 12 November – Miss Colombia 2004 is held in Cartagena de Indias. Miss Atlántico Adriana Tarud is crowned the winner. ^[12]
• 15 November – At 4:06 local time (9:06 UTC), a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits near Bajo Baudó, Chocó. There are no reported fatalities. ^[13]

December

• 13 December – Rodrigo Granda affair: Foreign Minister of the FARC Rodrigo Granda is captured by Venezuelan Officials in Caracas, Venezuela and transferred to Cúcuta, Colombia. ^[14]

Births

• November – Loraine Lara, vallenato accordionist. ^[15]

Deaths

• 2 January – Hernando Caro Mendoza, music critic, journalist, and teacher (b. 1927).
• 11 February – Albeiro Usuriaga, footballer (b. 1966).
• 15 March – Amparo Arrebato, dancer (b. 1944).
• 1 April – Enrique Grau, painter and sculptor (b. 1920).
• 16 April – Carlos Castaño Gil, AUC leader (b. 1965).
• 26 April – Hernando Valencia Goelkel, critic and essayist (b. 1928).
• 27 April – María Teresa Benavídez Díaz, catholic nun (b. 1956).
• 19 May – Manuel J. Bernal, pianist, organist, composer, arranger, and orchestra director (b. 1924).
• 4 June – Tirso Vélez, poet, teacher, and politician (b. 1954).
• 27 July – Carlos Gustavo Arrieta Alandete, politician and lawyer (b. 1914).

References

1. East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN   978-1-317-63940-4.
2. "How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia". BBC News. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
3. Publications, Europa (2002). South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. Taylor & Francis. p. 271. ISBN   978-1-85743-138-4.
4. Kline, Harvey F. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN   978-0-8108-7813-6.
5. "Senior Rebel Leader Gets 35 Years in Prison". Los Angeles Times. 5 May 2004. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
6. "The Friends of "El Viejo": Declassified Records Detail Suspected Paramilitary, Narco Ties of Former Colombian President Uribe". National Security Archive at George Washington University . 31 August 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
7. "Fiscalía ordenó captura de José Vicente Castaño por la muerte de su hermano Carlos". El Tiempo. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
8. "Colombia profile - Timeline". BBC News . 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
9. "Colombia 5-0 Uruguay (Jun 6, 2004) Final Score". ESPN . Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
10. Contreras, Joseph (9 August 2004). "Colombia: A Harsh Light On Associate 82". Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
11. Forero, Juan (7 September 2004). "Colombian Soldiers Said to Assassinate Union Leaders" . The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
12. Arango Sepúlveda, Beatriz (2004). "Un regalo para Atlántico". El Colombiano. Archived from the original on 12 December 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
13. "M 7.2 - 32 km SSW of Pizarro, Colombia". United States Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
14. "CONMOCIONES EN AMÉRICA DEL SUR". Le Monde diplomatique. February 2005. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
15. Giancarlo Calderon (27 July 2019), "Loraine Lara Mercado: la reina del acordeón" [Loraine Lara Mercado: the queen of the accordion], El Espectador (in Spanish), retrieved 14 October 2025

External links

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