1993 in Colombia

Incumbents

• President: César Gaviria.
• [Vice President of Colombia|President of Colombia|Vice President]: N/A.

Events

Ongoing

• Colombian conflict.
• Massacre of Trujillo.

January

• 14 January – Galeras tragedy: The Galeras stratovolcano erupts, killing 6 volcanologists and 3 tourists.
• 30 January – 12 days after a letter was published by Pablo Escobar vowing to renew his all-out war on the Colombian state, the Medellín Cartel detonates a bomb in Bogotá, killing 25 and injuring 70.

February

• 11 February – 14 people are killed and 25 are injured in Barrancabermeja, Santander after a bomb goes off at an auto repair shop.

March

• 19 March – The Colombian Army carry out a road sweep in San Jose Del Guaviare, Guaviare and find a 50 lbs explosive buried in a road connecting a U.S. Navy construction site and the local airport. It was successfully defused by the army.

April

• 15 April – A car bomb is detonated in front of Bogotá's Centro 93 shopping mall by the Medellín Cartel, killing 8 and injuring 242. The blast destroys 100 commercial properties and causes damage valued at 1.5 Billion COP.

May

• 19 May – SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes, killing 132 people.

June

• 22 June – Roison Mora Rubiano, a 16-year-old working in construction, is murdered by National Army members in Bogotá while walking home from work with his friends. He and his friends were throwing rocks when one hit a bus carrying National Army personnel. Two soldiers from the bus chased after Rubiano and his friends, eventually shooting at them and killing him.

July

• 1 July – Colombia's national football team plays Argentina's in the Copa América 1993 semi-finals at Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in Guayaquil, Ecuador. No goals are scored, but a penalty shoot out ends Argentina 6–5 Colombia.

August

• 4–11 August – Tropical Storm Bret passes over northern coastal areas of Colombia, killing one person. The storm kills a total of 231 people across Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica.

October

• 14 October –The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights releases its second report on the situation of Human Rights in Colombia.

November

• 5 November – Dario Londono Cardona, Vice President of the Senate, and his driver are shot by a group of hitmen in Medellín. This was days after a law he had written parts of, offering leniency to those charged with drug trafficking and other crimes who cooperated with officials, passed. The group “Death to Protectors of the Cali Cartel” claims responsibility. Cardona later dies of his injuries.

December

• 2 December – Death of Pablo Escobar: The infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar is killed in Medellín during a shoot-out with the National Army and local police.

Births

• 15 January – Paulina Vega, model and actress.
• 18 January – Juan Fernando Quintero, footballer.
• 24 January – Kevin Ríos, track cyclist.
• 28 February – Éder Álvarez Balanta, footballer.
• 8 March – Kevin Roldán, singer.

Deaths

• 28 January – Edmundo Arias, 67, bandleader, musician, and composer.
• 3 February – Omar Cañas, 23, footballer.
• 11 September – Luis Antonio Escobar, 68, composer and musicologist.
• 8 November – Francisco Zuluaga, 64, footballer.
• 25 November – Juan Carlos Castillo, 29, racing cyclist.
• 2 December – Pablo Escobar, 44, drug lord and narcoterrorist.