2003 El Nogal Club bombing

Terrorist attack in Colombia in 2003 December 2021 El Nogal Club bombing Bogotá D.C., Colombia 2003 02 07 Colombian conflict Reconstrucción-El nogal.jpg The club during reconstruction after the attack. Colombia 300 centre El Nogal Club right 8 4.66015 -74.05074 20:15 (COT) El Nogal club Car bomb 36 200+ Flag of the FARC-EP.svg FARC 4 39 36.8 N 74 03 02.3 W type:event inline,titlecollapsed The 2003 El Nogal Club bombing (es Atentado al Club El Nogal de 2003) was a terrorist attack that occurred in Bogotá, Colombia. On 7 February 2003, a car containing 200 kg of explosives that was parked in a garage on the third floor of the multi-story El Nogal club, an elite, high-class social and business club, exploded, killing 36 people and wounding more than 200. There were approximately 600 people in the building at the time of the explosion. The attack was the worst in Colombia for more than a decade.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/02/08/colombia.explosion/index.html At least 32 killed in Colombia club blast CNN 6 July 2007 8 February 2003https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2762587.stm Colombian police raid hit by explosion BBC 6 July 2007 15 February 2003 No group publicly claimed responsibility for the bombing. The United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution 1465 on 13 February 2003 condemning the attack. Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón blamed the guerrilla group FARC, saying that there was "not the slightest doubt" that they were responsible and that the government had enough evidence of its involvement. Colombian authorities and investigators, with the aid of ATF members from the U.S., inspected the scene and the remains of the car bomb. Colombian prosecutors linked FARC to the bombing through the participation of, among others, John Freddy Arellan, a squash instructor who died in the bombing. According to the government, Arellan had recently acquired membership in the club and drove the explosives-laden car, a vehicle which had been bought in late 2002 using false documents, into the parking area. The government claimed Arrellan would have been employed by FARC's "Javier Paz", not knowing that the bomb would be detonated with him and his uncle still inside the club.http://64.146.17.242/stories/030203/wor_0302030966.aspSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Asi volaron El NogalBoletín de prensa No. 237 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043308/http://www.fiscalia.gov.co/pag/divulga/bol2004/julio/bol237.htm 28 September 2007 On 10 March 2003, FARC denied any responsibility for the attack and described it as "state terrorism", claiming that the government of Colombia planted the bomb in order to unite the country against them.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2839653.stm Colombia rebels deny club attack BBC 6 July 2007 11 March 2003http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/03/10/colombia.rebels.ap/index.html FARC denies club bomb involvement CNN 6 July 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070914075928/http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/03/10/colombia.rebels.ap/index.html 14 September 2007 dead In March 2008, Colombian authorities released documents said to be found in a computer belonging to the slain FARC commander "Raúl Reyes", including a 13 February 2003 message in which "Reyes" called the attack a "formidable act" and mentioned the "political convenience of denying responsibilities".http://www.eltiempo.com/tiempoimpreso/edicionimpresa/justicia/2008-03-09/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3993233.html PC de 'Reyes', prueba reina en casos de diputados y El Nogal El Tiempo 28 March 2008 October 2010 H3llBot References 2 Category:2003 mass murders Category:FARC actions Category:Terrorist incidents in South America in 2003 Category:2003 murders in Colombia Category:Car and truck bombings in Colombia Category:Car and truck bombings in 2003 Category:21st century in Bogotá Category:Mass murders in Bogotá Category:Terrorist incidents in Colombia in the 2000s Category:Military history of Bogotá Category:Nightclub bombings Category:February 2003 in South America Category:21st-century mass murders in Colombia Category:Building bombings in Colombia Category:2003 building bombings