1991 in Colombia

none September 2024 1991 Events of 1991 in Colombia. Incumbents President: César Gaviria (1990–1994). Vice President: N/A.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. Events Ongoing Colombian conflict. Massacre of Trujillo. January 15 January – The second-highest-ranking member of the Medellín Cartel, Jorge Luis Ochoa, surrenders to authorities.Boudreaux Richard 21 June 1991 COLOMBIA : All Eyes in Drug War Now Turn to Courts : But even with Pablo Escobar behind bars, few expect the flow of cocaine to dry up. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-21-mn-1062-story.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20240913224354/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-21-mn-1062-story.html 13 September 2024 13 September 2024 The Los Angeles Times February 16 February – Juan David Ochoa Vásquez of the Medellín Cartel surrenders to authorities. 22–23 February – Colombian Communist Party (PCC) member Rosalba Camacho and five of her family members are murdered in Montoso, Prado, Tolima. Two of her sons had also been killed in 1990.31 March 1991 Colombia: The killings of Rosalba Camacho and family https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr23/019/1991/en/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20200807163910/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr23/019/1991/en/ 7 August 2020 13 September 2024 Amnesty International en March 1 March – The Popular Liberation Army (EPL) formally agrees to demobilize.11. Colombia (1910-present) https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/western-hemisphere-region/colombia-1910-present/#:~:text=The%20EPL%20formally%20agreed%20to%20end%20its,policemen%20in%20El%20Retorno%20on%20March%207, live https://web.archive.org/web/20240704040846/https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/western-hemisphere-region/colombia-1910-present/ 4 July 2024 13 September 2024 University of Central Arkansas (UCA) en-US 7 March – Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kill five National Policemen in El Retorno, Guaviare. April 20 April – 1991 Categoría Primera B season. 30 April – Former Justice Minister Enrique Low Murtra is shot and killed. May 30 May – In a communiqué, Pablo Escobar, of the Medellín Cartel, says that he hopes to surrender. June 19 June – The Medellín Cartel's Pablo Escobar surrenders to authorities in Medellín and is flown to jail.Farah Douglas 19 June 1991 TOP COLOMBIAN TRAFFICKER SURRENDERS https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/20/top-colombian-trafficker-surrenders/e9d5e86f-1d86-4bc1-aa43-b1930455d985/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240913231347/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/20/top-colombian-trafficker-surrenders/e9d5e86f-1d86-4bc1-aa43-b1930455d985/ 13 September 2024 13 September 2024 The Washington Post 20 June – Financial chief of the Medellín Cartel, Valentin Jesus Taborda, surrenders. July thumb|264x264px|Published copy of the 1991 Constitution4 July – The 1991 Colombian Constitution is promulgated. This results in the establishment of the: Amazonas department Putumayo department Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina current Senate Ministry of Foreign Trade Constitutional Court Attorney General position and its Office 11 July – Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991 August 2–18 August – Colombia at the 1991 Pan American Games September Miguel Maza Márquez is dismissed by President Gaviria from his position as Police General of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS).1 January 1992 Human Rights Watch World Report 1992 - Colombia https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/hrw/1992/en/93762 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240913235558/https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/hrw/1992/en/93762 13 September 2024 13 September 2024 Human Rights Watch (HRW) en October 27 October – 1991 Colombian parliamentary election. November thumb|255x255px|A parade commemorating 100 years of the National Police5 November – The 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Police occurs, commemorations are held. 19 November – 1991 Chocó earthquake. December 10 December – Alirio Pedraza, an attorney who investigated human rights abuses and had disappeared the year prior, is honored by Human Rights Watch “to commend [his] dedication to justice and to highlight [his] plight” as apart from their annual selection of human rights advocates. Uncertain The first TVyNovelas Awards Colombia are held. Births 10 September – Andrés Mosquera, footballer. 27 November – Andrés Calle, politician. Deaths 5 February – José Manuel Rivas Sacconi, politician, former minister of foreign affairs (b. 1917). 22-23 February – Rosalba Camacho, Colombian Communist Party member. 30 April – Enrique Low Murtra, former Justice Minister. Notes References External links Human Rights Watch World Report 1992: Colombia 1991, el peor año de Medellín [1991, the worst year in Medellín] collapsed 1991 in collapsed Category:1991 in Colombia Category:1991 by country Category:1990s in Colombia Category:Years of the 20th century in Colombia Category:1991 in South America