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Events of 1996 in Colombia.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • 11 January – José Santacruz, drug lord and member of the Cali Cartel, escapes from La Picota prison in Bogotá.[1]
  • 30 January – President Samper calls a special Congress into session and admits that money tied to drug trafficking aided his 1994 election campaign, but insists he was deceived. He demands that Congress investigate the situation and himself to determine responsibility.[2]

February

March

April

May

June

  • Juan Carlos Gaviria is released by the National Liberation Army (ELN) in exchange for their safe passage to Cuba.[5]
  • 20 June –
    • Jesús Ángel González Arias, Governor of Caqueta, and his driver are murdered by the FARC in Porvenir, El Paujil while attempting to secure the release of kidnapped Congressperson Rodrigo Turbay Cote.[5][7]
    • Pedro Malagón, member of the Patriotic Union, representative in the Departmental Assembly of Meta, and member of the Meta Civic Committee for Human Rights (Comité Cívico por los Derechos Humanos del Meta), and his 17 year old daughter Elda Milena Malagón Hernandez are murdered in Villavicencio, Meta following multiple death threats.[8][9]

July

August

September

  • 2 September – President Samper announces that Ecopetrol has discovered oil in Medina, Cundinamarca.[13]
  • 4 September – The FARC attack a military base in Guaviare, three weeks of guerrilla warfare follow that kills over 130 people.
  • 16 September over 25,000 residents of Facatativá, Cundinamarca protest over after many received increased energy bills, with rate increases as high as 300%.[13]

October

  • 4 October – José Luis Botero Henao, the parish priest of Venecia, Cundinamarca is murdered.[13]
  • 13 October – Josué Giraldo Cardona, human rights activist associated with the Patriotic Union and president of the Meta Civic Committee for Human Rights (Comité Cívico por los Derechos Humanos del Meta) is shot and killed outside his house in Villavicencio, Meta following multiple death threats.[9]

November

  • 5 November – The Colombian ambassador to the European Union (EU) resigns after the European Parliament passes a resolution that called for him to step down. This followed controversy over land he claimed as his property, of which 106 families were displaced from by violent paramilitaries earlier in the year.[5]

December

  • 31 December – A massacre is carried out by paramilitaries in Dabeiba, Antioquia; killing 11 people, including 2 llocal eaders of the indigenous Nendo people.[5]

Births

  • 12 June – Davinson Sánchez, footballer.[14]
  • 22 October – Carlos Ramirez Rozo, Venezuelan-Colombian footballer.

Deaths

  • 5 March – José Santacruz, Cali Cartel drug trafficker (b. 1943).
  • 20 June –
    • Jesús Ángel González Arias, politician, lawyer, and then Governor of Caquetá (b. 1955).[5][7]
    • Pedro Malagón, politician.[8][9]
  • 4 October – José Luis Botero Henao, priest (b. 1963/1964).[13]
  • 13 October – Josué Giraldo Cardona, human rights activist.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "One Cali Drug Cartel Leader Escapes Prison, Second Negotiating His Surrender; Colombian President Faces Mounting Accusations of Taking Cartel Money, Resignation Pressure Growing". National Drug Strategy Network (NDSN). February 1996. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Colombia's scandal a victory for democracy". CNN. 30 January 1996. Archived from the original on 26 November 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Loss of control Accident Douglas DC-8-55F HK-3979X, Sunday 4 February 1996". Aviation Safety Network (ASN). Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Los ultimos dias de Chepe". Semana (in Spanish). 1996-08-04. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Colombia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996". United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 30 January 1997. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Tiempo, Redacción El (1996-05-15). "AÍDA ABELLA ESTARÁ TRES MESES FUERA DEL PAÍS POR AUMENTO DE AMENAZAS". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  7. 1 2 Tiempo, Redacción El (1996-06-21). "LAS FARC ASESINARON AL GOBERNADOR DE CAQUETÁ". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  8. 1 2 "Pedro Malagon y Elda Milena Malagón Hernandez". Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (in Spanish). 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2026-08-29.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Colombia: Further information on death threats / fear for safety and new concern: possible extrajudicial execution: Josue Giraldo Cardona". Amnesty International. 1996-10-14. Retrieved 2026-08-29.
  10. ↑ "Concert Stampede Kills 3, Injures 20 in Colombia". Orlando Sentinel. 18 August 1996. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Condenan a jefes de las Farc por toma guerrillera" [FARC leaders sentenced for guerrilla takeover]. Ejército Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "RECONOCER LAS FALLAS" [Recognize the Failures]. Semana (in Spanish). 4 June 1998. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Resumen 1996" [Summary 1996]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 4 January 1997. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "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.
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