1992 in Colombia

none 1992 Events of 1992 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. February 22 February – A military convoy is attacked with dynamite in a jungle region near the border between Remedios and Puerto Berrío in Antioquia while guarding a vehicle as part of the construction of an oil pipeline. 13 people are killed, one being a civilian driver. 23 February 1992 Asesinados doce militares y un civil Twelve Soldiers and One Civilian Killed https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-43142 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230908082607/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-43142 8 September 2023 12 September 2024 El Tiempo es-CO March 31 March – The 42nd Vuelta a Colombia begins in Pereira, Risaralda. April 12 April – The 42nd Vuelta a Colombia ends in Bogotá. Fabio Parra of Seguros Amaya wins. May 2 May – The 1992 Colombian energy crisis begins. June 3 June – Local municipal officials belonging to the Patriotic Union María Mercedes Méndez, William Ocampo Castaño, Rosa Peña Rodríguez, and Ernesto Sarralde and their driver, Armando Sandovaz, are targeted and killed in El Castillo, Meta.Escobar Moreno David 3 June 2017 Caño Sibao, un escenario de muerte de la Unión Patriótica Caño Sibao, a Scene of Death of the Patriotic Union https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/cano-sibao-un-escenario-de-muerte-de-la-union-patriotica-article-696655/ 12 September 2024 El Espectador esUn lucha comunitaria que resiste apesar del dolor A Community Struggle That Resists Despite the Pain https://web.comisiondelaverdad.co/caminar-practica-cultural/historia.html 12 September 2024 Comisión de la Verdad, Gobierno de Colombia July 22 July – President Gaviria announces that Pablo Escobar had escaped from La Catedral prison in Medellín. 15 July 2016 Today in history: 1992 - Colombia drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes prison https://www.aol.com/article/2015/07/21/today-in-history-1992-colombia-drug-lord-pablo-escobar-escape/21211946/ 12 September 2024 Aol. en-USTreaster Joseph B. 23 July 2024 Colombian Drug Baron Escapes Luxurious Prison After Gunfight https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/23/world/colombian-drug-baron-escapes-luxurious-prison-after-gunfight.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20230602232901/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/23/world/colombian-drug-baron-escapes-luxurious-prison-after-gunfight.html 2 June 2023 12 September 2024 The New York Times August 5 August – Ximena Restrepo wins bronze for Colombia in the Women's 400-metres event at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. 16-30 August – The 1992 South American U-20 Championship is held in Medellín; Brazil wins, while Colombia comes in third. September 18 September – Judge Miriam Rocío Vélez Pérez and two of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) bodyguards assigned to her are assassinated by a group of men suspected to have been hired by Pablo Escobar. Judge Vélez was overseeing the murder case against Escobar of journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza in 1986. The previous judge in the case was also murdered, while two other past judges ended up fleeing the country.1 January 1993 Human Rights Watch World Report 1993: Colombia https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/hrw/1993/en/93471 13 September 2024 Human Rights Watch en October 9 October – Roberto Escobar, brother of Pablo Escobar, Juan Jairo Velasquez, and Otoniel Gonzalez of the Medellín Cartel surrender to Colombian authorities after escaping during a prison transfer along with 6 other Medellín Cartel lieutenants.9 October 2024 3 Who Escaped With Colombia Drug Lord Give Up https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/09/world/3-who-escaped-with-colombia-drug-lord-give-up.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20150526053537/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/09/world/3-who-escaped-with-colombia-drug-lord-give-up.html 26 May 2015 12 September 2024 The New York Times 18 October – 1992 Murindó earthquake. November 9 November – President Gaviria declares a national state of emergency.9 November 1992 Emergency is Declared in Colombia https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/09/emergency-is-declared-in-colombia/01fd1213-e6e4-41e6-b4f3-bb39ca851415/ subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20240912223010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/09/emergency-is-declared-in-colombia/01fd1213-e6e4-41e6-b4f3-bb39ca851415/ 12 September 2024 12 September 2024 The Washington Post 15 November – Villatina massacre. 16 November – Miss Colombia 1992. December 30 December – The Ministry of Transport is established. Uncertain The Old Boots sculpture in Cartagena is demolished for the construction of the Heredia Bridge. Births 7 October – Karl Triana, baseball player. Deaths 11 April – Alejandro Obregón, artist (b. 1920). 5 November – Carlos Sanz de Santamaría (b. 1905). Notes References External links Human Rights Watch World Report 1993: Colombia collapsed 1992 in collapsed Category:1992 in Colombia Category:1992 by country Category:1990s in Colombia Category:Years of the 20th century in Colombia Category:1992 in South America