Events of 2000 in Colombia .
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
April 26 April – A confrontation between AUC members and other prisoners inside La Modelo prison in Bogota escalates to fighting which results in 32 deaths and 17 injuries.[ 8]
May Jineth Bedoya Lima testifying at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about her 2000 abduction
25 May – El Espectador reporter Jineth Bedoya is abducted by paramilitaries while inside La Modelo maximum security prison in Bogotá. She is driven to a city three hours away and beaten, tortured, threatened, raped, and dumped.[ 2]
June
July
August
September
October
November Museo Botero in Bogotá
December 1 December – Authorities announce the discovery of a bomb along a road before a visit by United States politicians; later deemed unrelated to the following visit.[ 14]
15 December – Hitmen under the instruction of an Army officer conspiring with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) attacks Wilson Borja , the President of the National Federation of State Workers (Spanish : Federación Nacional de Trabajadores al Servicio del Estado ), wounding him in the leg. A bystander dies in the crossfire between his bodyguards and the gunmen, as did a hitman.[ 15]
Uncertain
Births
Deaths Rodrigo Lloreda (Right) with U.S President Ronald Reagan (Left) in 1985
References
^ "Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention" . United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) . Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ a b c d "Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Colombia: Human Rights Developments" . Human Rights Watch (HRW) . 2001. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ "The Clinton Administration's Aid Proposal" . Center for International Policy . 3 February 2000. Archived from the original on 15 November 2001. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ Campeonato Sudamericano de Cross Country (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay , archived from the original on 4 January 2014, retrieved 23 August 2024
^ Brody, Daniel (23 February 2010). "Ten years on, no justice for El Salado massacre victims" . Colombia Reports . Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ Evans, Michael (24 September 2009). "Conspiracy of Silence? Colombia, the United States and the Massacre at El Salado" . National Security Archives at George Washington University . Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ "Articles on Aid Passage in the House" . ClombiaSupport.net . Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ "32 Reclusos Muertos en La Modelo" [32 Prisoners Died in La Modelo]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 29 April 2000. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ Toro, Cristian (29 August 2003). Toro Sánchez., Cristian Giovanny (ed.). "Condenan a 40 Años por Masacre en Bar Reminiscencias" . Samaná Caldas (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ a b "Colombia's attorney general proposes prisoner exchange with rebels" . CNN . 27 September 2000. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ "Macayepo, from the ashes of death to hope" . Unidad para las Víctimas . Gobierno de Colombia. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ a b "Museo Botero, Bogotá" . Google Arts & Culture . Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ a b "Guide/City Bogotá/ Museums/Museo Botero" . Artnexus . Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ "World - Bomb discovered in Colombia before visit of U.S. senator, ambassador" . CNN . 1 December 2000. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ "Colombia: Fear for Safety: Wilson Bora Diaz, trade union leader" . Amnesty International . 20 December 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ de Birbragher, Celia Sredni (1999). "Botero - Donates his Collection to Colombia" . Art Nexus (34). Arte en Colombia 80. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
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