1988 in Colombia
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Incumbents
[edit]- President: Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986–1990).
- Vice President: N/A.[n 1]
Events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]January
[edit]- 15 January – Union leader Manuel Gustavo Chacón is assassinated in Barrancabermeja, Santander.[1]
- 25 January – While on his way to José María Córdova International Airport, Inspector General Carlos Mauro Hoyos is attacked and kidnapped. He is killed in captivity a few hours after.[2]
February
[edit]- 22 February – 17 citizens of the town of Piñalito, near Vista Hermosa, Meta, are killed by armed men, including children.[3]
March
[edit]- 4 March – Honduras and La Negra farm massacre: 20 ex-guerrillas recruited by the Colombian Army's Voltíjeros battalion attack the Honduras farm in Currulao, Antioquia and kill 17 of its workers. The same men then travel to the nearby La Negra farm and kill 3 of its workers.[4]
- 17 March – Avianca Flight 410 crashes in Cúcuta, killing all 143 people on board.[5]
April
[edit]- 3 April – La Mejor Esquina massacre: 27 people are killed in La Mejor Esquina, Buenavista, Córdoba by Los Magníficos, a right-wing paramilitary commanded by Fidel Castaño.[6]
May
[edit]- 29 May – Álvaro Gómez Hurtado is kidnapped by M-19 guerillas.[7]
June
[edit]- 8-19 June – The Vuelta a Colombia 1988 is held.[8]
July
[edit]- 20 July – Álvaro Gómez Hurtado is released.[7]
August
[edit]- 30 August – El Tomate massacre.[9]
September
[edit]- 17-18 September – The Concert of Concerts is held in the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.[citation needed]
October
[edit]- 10 October – Hurricane Joan–Miriam forms.[citation needed]
November
[edit]- 11 November – Segovia massacre.[citation needed]
December
[edit]- 14 December – The University of the Pacific is founded.[citation needed]
Births
[edit]- 26 May – Juan Cuadrado, footballer.[citation needed]
Deaths
[edit]- 25 January – Carlos Mauro Hoyos, jurist and politican (b. 1939).[2]
- 21 July – Pacho Galán, musician (b. 1906).[citation needed]
- 4 August – Ofelia Uribe de Acosta, suffragist (b. 1900).[citation needed]
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "Manuel Gustavo Chacón". Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz. 15 January 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Se cumplen 28 años del magnicidio del procurador Carlos Mauro Hoyos". EL ESPECTADOR (in Spanish). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Zarta Vélez, Liza Mayerly (9 May 2019). "Piñalito, memoria de un pueblo". Periódico del Meta. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Colombia 10.912". Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 1 February 1994. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-21 HK-1716 Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC)". AviationSafety.net. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Masacre de La Mejor Esquina" [La Mejor Esquina Massacre]. Rutas del Conflicto (in Spanish). 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ a b "1988-Álvaro Gómez, secuestrado por el M-19". El Espectador. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Vuelta a Colombia 1988 Stage 12 results". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ De la Cruz, Leonor (9 January 2011). "21 años cargando el dolor de El Tomate" [21 years carrying the pain of El Tomate]. EL HERALDO (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
External links
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