2006 in Colombia

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Events from the year 2006 in Colombia.

Incumbents

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

Events

January

8 January – Football player Elson Becerra is shot dead at a nightclub in Cartagena.^[5]
10 January – The 2006 Reinado Internacional del Café is held in Manizales, Colombia.

February

14 February – Esneda Ruiz Cataño kills her husband José Valencia Guzmán for life insurance in Aranjuez, stabbing him in the neck beside a pool. He was her second known victim.^[6]
27 February – United States Trade Representative Rob Portman and Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Jorge Humberto Botero announce the conclusion of the bilateral United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement.^[7]

March

12 March – The 2006 Colombian parliamentary election and Presidential Primaries are held, electing Senators and Chamber Representatives and selecting Liberal Party and Alternative Democratic Pole presidential candidates.

April

27 April – Liliana Gaviria Trujillo, sister of ex-president César Gaviria, is kidnapped and murdered by the Columna Móvil Teófilo Forero of the FARC-EP in Dosquebradas, Risaralda.^[8]

May

28 May – The 2006 Colombian presidential election is held. President Uribe is re-elected with 62.35% of the vote, defeating Carlos Gaviria Díaz and Horacio Serpa.

June

25 June – Deportivo Pasto becomes a champion in 2006 Categoría Primera A semifinals for the first time in its history after defeating Deportivo Cali in the finals with a collective score of 2–1.^[9]

July

15–30 July – The 20th Central American and Caribbean Games are held in Cartagena de Indias, with some events also in Bogotá and Barranquilla.^[10]
29 July – Lissette Ochoa domestic violence case: Lissette Ochoa and her husband Rafael Dangond attend a wedding in Barranquilla. Dangond becomes jealous and beats Ochoa for hours, eventually shooting at, and missing, her when she escaped. This becomes an infamous example of domestic violence against women in Colombia after photos of Ochoa before and after the wedding went viral.^[11]^[12]

August

7 August – The Second inauguration of Álvaro Uribe is held in Bogotá, President Uribe is the 4th Colombian president to be re-elected.^[13]

September

21 September – Vladimiro Montesinos, former Peruvian intelligence chief, is convicted and sentenced to 20 years for smuggling guns to the FARC.^[14]

October

18 October – President Uribe orders for the newly created Black Eagles paramilitary to be shut down and detained.^[15]

November

12 November – Miss Colombia 2006 is held in Cartagena de Indias.^[16]
22 November – The United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement is signed.^[7]

December

1 December – Lissette Ochoa domestic violence case: Rafael Dangond publicly acknowledges his drug addiction and mental health issues and their effects on his wife and children, apologizing for what he did earlier in the year.^[17]

Births

Karla Torres, footballer.^[18]

Deaths

8 January – Elson Becerra, footballer (b. 1978).
5 February – José María Peñaranda, musician and songwriter (b. 1907)^[19]
18 February – Arturo Abella Rodríguez, journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1915).
21 February – Hernán Echavarría Olózaga, economist and industrialist (b. 1911).
10 May – Soraya (37), songwriter (b. 1969).
10 June – Abel Antonio Villa, singer and composer (b. 1924).

References

↑ 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.
↑ "How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia". BBC News. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
↑ Publications, Europa (2002). South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. Taylor & Francis. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-85743-138-4.
↑ Kline, Harvey F. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8108-7813-6.
↑ "Colombian star Becerra shot dead". BBC News. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "Capturada mujer que asesinó a tres de sus compañeros sentimentales" [Woman who murdered three of her partners arrested]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
1 2 Villarreal, M. Angeles (21 September 2006). "U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement" (PDF). National Agricultural Law Center. Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "Asesinan a hermana de Gaviria" [Gaviria's sister murdered]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 28 April 2006. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Deportivo Pasto (2006)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "XX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Cartagena de Indias 2006" (PDF). Editorial Deportiva Cain. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "A indagatoria el hombre que golpeó brutalmente a su esposa en Barranquilla" [The man who brutally beat his wife in Barranquilla is being questioned]. CARACOL (in Spanish). 5 August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 August 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2006.
↑ Conmoción en Barranquilla por golpiza a una mujer en el parqueadero del Country Club. El Tiempo. Retrieved 3 December 2006.
↑ "Álvaro Uribe jura por segunda vez como presidente de Colombia" [Alvaro Uribe sworn in as president of Colombia for the second time]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 August 2006. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "New conviction for Peru spy chief". BBC News. 22 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "Las 'Águilas negras', grupo conformado por desmovilizados de las autodefensas, ya azotan 5 regiones" [The 'Black Eagles', a group made up of demobilized members of the self-defense forces, are already ravaging 5 regions]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 31 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "EILEEN ROCA TORRALVO, ES LA NUEVA SEÑORITA COLOMBIA". Intervallenato. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "Rafael Dangond, esposo de Lizeth Ochoa, le pidió perdón públicamente a ella y a su familia". El Tiempo. 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "Karla Torres". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
↑ "Fallece el compositor José María Peñaranda, autor de 'Me voy pa'La Habana'" [The songwriter José María Peñaranda, author of 'Me voy pa'La Habana', has died], El País (in Spanish), 7 February 2006, retrieved 16 June 2025

External links

Media related to 2006 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons

[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.

[Europa-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] "Colombian star Becerra shot dead". BBC News. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[6] "Capturada mujer que asesinó a tres de sus compañeros sentimentales" [Woman who murdered three of her partners arrested]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[Crs-2006-7] 1 2 Villarreal, M. Angeles (21 September 2006). "U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement" (PDF). National Agricultural Law Center. Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[8] "Asesinan a hermana de Gaviria" [Gaviria's sister murdered]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 28 April 2006. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[9] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Deportivo Pasto (2006)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[10] "XX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Cartagena de Indias 2006" (PDF). Editorial Deportiva Cain. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[11] "A indagatoria el hombre que golpeó brutalmente a su esposa en Barranquilla" [The man who brutally beat his wife in Barranquilla is being questioned]. CARACOL (in Spanish). 5 August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 August 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2006.

[ELTIEMPO22-12] Conmoción en Barranquilla por golpiza a una mujer en el parqueadero del Country Club. El Tiempo. Retrieved 3 December 2006.

[13] "Álvaro Uribe jura por segunda vez como presidente de Colombia" [Alvaro Uribe sworn in as president of Colombia for the second time]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 August 2006. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[14] "New conviction for Peru spy chief". BBC News. 22 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[ElTIEMPO-15] "Las 'Águilas negras', grupo conformado por desmovilizados de las autodefensas, ya azotan 5 regiones" [The 'Black Eagles', a group made up of demobilized members of the self-defense forces, are already ravaging 5 regions]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 31 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[16] "EILEEN ROCA TORRALVO, ES LA NUEVA SEÑORITA COLOMBIA". Intervallenato. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[17] "Rafael Dangond, esposo de Lizeth Ochoa, le pidió perdón públicamente a ella y a su familia". El Tiempo. 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[18] "Karla Torres". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2026.

[19] "Fallece el compositor José María Peñaranda, autor de 'Me voy pa'La Habana'" [The songwriter José María Peñaranda, author of 'Me voy pa'La Habana', has died], El País (in Spanish), 7 February 2006, retrieved 16 June 2025

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2006 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands