2007 in Colombia

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The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez
• Vice President: Francisco Santos Calderón

Events

January

• 15 January – Colombian police arrest Eugenio Montoya, also known as Don Hugo, suspected of being a leader of the Norte del Valle syndicate, which is described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as the “most powerful and violent drug-trafficking organization in Colombia”. ^[1]

February

• 15 February – Six Colombian legislators are arrested due to alleged links to paramilitary groups, including Senator Álvaro Araújo, the brother of Foreign Minister María Consuelo Araújo. ^[2]
• 19 February – Colombian foreign minister María Consuelo Araújo resigns days after the arrest of her brother, Senator Álvaro Araújo, in the country's ongoing para-political scandal. President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appoints Fernando Araújo as the new Minister. ^[3]

March

• 23 March – Jorge Noguera, former Colombian intelligence chief, is freed from prison following a ruling by an appeals court after having been jailed last month for collaborating with right wing militia. ^[4]

April

• 26 April – A nationwide mid-morning power outage hits Colombia; government sources discount guerrilla activity and blame a technical fault. ^[5]

May

• 9 May – At least nine Colombian policemen are killed, and six others injured, from a bomb planted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Santander Department. ^[6]
• 14 May – Jorge Daniel Castro, the head of the Colombian National Police force and Guillermo Chavez, the intelligence chief, resign over an illegal wiretapping scandal. ^[7]

July

• 10 July – Simón Trinidad, a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, is found guilty of conspiracy to hold three Americans hostage by a U.S. court. ^[8]
• 28 July 28 – Colombia's intelligence chief Andrés Peñate claims FARC rebels accidentally killed 11 politicians it was holding, after running into another rebel unit. ^[9]
• 30 July 30 – Juan Manuel Santos, the Defense Minister of Colombia, claims that the military has been infiltrated by FARC and drug gangs. ^[10]

August

• 7 August – Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, Colombian cocaine trafficker boss of the Norte del Valle Cartel is apprehended in Brazil and faces extradition to the United States. The US Government had offered a reward of US$5 million. ^[11]

September

• 10 September – Diego León Montoya Sánchez, leader of the Norte del Valle cartel and one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, is captured by Colombian authorities. ^[12]

October

• 13 October – At least 20 people die following a landslide at an open pit gold mine near Suarez in the Tolima department. ^[13]

Deaths

• April – Pedro García Díaz, 68–69, singer, songwriter, accordionist, and lawyer ^[14]

References

1. "Colombia police nab suspected drug chief". 16 January 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
2. "Colombian politician is arrested". 16 February 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
3. "Colombian foreign minister quits". 19 February 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
4. "Colombia's ex-spy chief released". 24 March 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
5. "Nationwide blackout hits Colombia". 27 April 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
6. "Colombian rebels kill nine police". 10 May 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
7. "Colombia police chiefs forced out". 15 May 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
8. "Farc leader guilty of US kidnaps". 9 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
9. "Farc 'killed hostages by mistake'". 29 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
10. "Colombia admits high-level military corruption". 31 July 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
11. "Brazil nabs Colombian drug lord wanted in U.S." Reuters . 7 August 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
12. "Suspected drug kingpin caught with his pants down". 11 September 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
13. "At least 20 killed in Colombian gold mine disaster". Reuters . 13 October 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
14. "Murió compositor de vallenatos Pedro García Díaz" [Vallenato songwriter Pedro García Díaz has died], Caracol Radio (in Spanish), 2007-04-29, retrieved 2025-05-17

External links

• Media related to 2007 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons