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Senator Federico Estrada Vélez survived a kidnapping and an armed attack ordered by The Extraditables. Months after this attack, he was assassinated close to his house in Medellín. Medellin Embraces its History
documents: DEV-MUC3-1221, TST1-MUC3-0080, DEV-MUC3-1212, DEV-MUC3-1218.
Avianca Airlines Flight 203 was a Colombian domestic passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali. It was destroyed by a bomb over the municipality of Soacha on November 27, 1989. Wikipedia
After receiving several death threats, on August 18, 1989, Galán was shot to death by hitmen hired by the drug cartels during a public demonstration in the town of Soacha, Cundinamarca. At the time, he was comfortably leading in the polls for the forthcoming 1990 presidential election. Duthel, Heinz. Illegal drug trade - The War on Drugs
On 18 August 1989 (the same day in which the Colombian politician Luis Carlos Galán was murdered), at the age of 46, Franklin left his residence in a chauffeur-driven car. When the vehicle was 450 feet from the compound, its route was blocked by another car and several gunmen emerged, according to officials. Various witnesses said that Franklin's car was destroyed by gunfire and the interior was covered in blood. Wikipedia
documents: DEV-MUC3-0348, DEV-MUC3-0349, DEV-MUC3-0350, DEV-MUC3-0446, TST1-MUC3-0006, ...
During the Salvadoran Civil War, on 16 November 1989, Salvadoran Army soldiers killed six Jesuits and two others at their residence on the campus of Central American University (known as UCA El Salvador) in San Salvador, El Salvador. Wikipedia