2009 in Colombia

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Events in the year 2009 in Colombia.

Incumbents

• President: Álvaro Uribe

Events

February

• February - FARC frees a former provincial governor along with five other high-profile hostages since 2001.

March

• 18 March - FARC releases a Swedish engineer thought to be the rebel group's last foreign hostage. ^[1]

November

• November - President Alvaro Uribe signs a deal giving the US military access to seven military bases. ^[2]

December

• December - Marxist rebel groups intend to stop fighting each other and focus on attacking the Colombian armed forces. ^[3]
• December - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez orders 15,000 troops to the Colombian border. ^[4]

Deaths

Jaime Agudelo

• 10 January - Liliana Lozano, 30, Colombian actress and beauty queen, shot. ^[5]
• 16 March - Ramón Mantilla Duarte, 83, Colombian Bishop of Ipiales (1985–1987). ^[6]
• 13 May - Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador. ^[7]
• 30 May - Alexander Obregón, 32, Colombian footballer, car accident. ^[8]
• 5 June - Helena Benítez de Zapata, 93, songwriter, politician, teacher, and journalist. ^[9]
• 18 July - Ricardo Londoño, 59, Colombian racing driver, shot. ^[10]
• 29 August - Gustavo Martínez Frías, 74, Colombian archbishop of Nueva Pamplona. ^[11]
• 11 September - Julio Bovea, 75, musician. ^[12]
• 20 September - Herman Córdoba, 19, Colombian footballer, traffic collision. ^[13]
• 1 November - Arturo Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Pasto. ^[14]
• 6 November - Abraham Escudero Montoya, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Palmira. ^[15]
• 21 December - Jaime Agudelo, 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure. ^[16]
• 22 December - Luis Francisco Cuéllar, 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta, assassination. ^[17]

References

1. Carroll, Rory (2009-03-18). "Colombian Farc rebels release last known foreign hostage". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-01-05.
2. "The Christian Science Monitor".
3. "Colombia profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
4. "Colombia profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
5. "Asesinan a actriz de Pasión de gavilanes". People en Español (in Spanish). January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
6. "Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
7. ""Muere compositor colombiano de música vallenata Rafael Escalona". Reuters (in Spanish)".
8. ""Falleció Alex Obregón" (in Spanish). Archived from the original".
9. "15 años sin Helena Benítez de Zapata, mucho más que una compositora" [15 years without Helena Benítez de Zapata, far more than a songwriter], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 2024-06-02, retrieved 2025-05-14
10. "Former F1 driver Londoño assassinated".
11. "Archbishop Gustavo Martínez Frías [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
12. "Murió el maestro Julio Bovea" [Maestro Julio Bovea has died], El Colombiano (in Spanish), 2009-09-12, retrieved 2025-04-04
13. "UPDATE 1-Soccer-Celebrating Colombian players die in car crash". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
14. ""Arturo Salazar, agustino recoleto y obispo emérito de Pasto, fallece en Manizales a los 88 años" [Arturo Salazar, Augustinian Recollect and Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, dies in Manizales at the age of 88]".
15. "EL OBSERVATORIAL".
16. "EL TIEMPO".
17. "Abducted Colombia governor killed". 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2024-01-06.

External links

• Media related to 2009 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons