2007 in Colombia
List of events
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The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Colombia.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 15 - Colombian police arrest Eugenio Montoya, also known as Don Hugo, suspected of being a leader of the Norte del Valle syndicate, which is described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as the "most powerful and violent drug-trafficking organization in Colombia".[1]
February
- February 15 - Six Colombian legislators are arrested due to alleged links to paramilitary groups including Senator Álvaro Araújo, the brother of Foreign Minister María Consuelo Araújo.[2]
- February 19 - Colombian foreign minister María Consuelo Araújo resigns days after the arrest of her brother, Senator Álvaro Araújo, in the country's ongoing para-political scandal. President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appoints Fernando Araújo as the new Minister.[3]
March
- March 23 - Jorge Noguera, former Colombian intelligence chief, is freed from prison following a ruling by an appeals court after having been jailed last month for collaborating with right wing militia.[4]
April
- April 26 - A nationwide mid-morning power outage hits Colombia; government sources discount guerrilla activity and blame a technical fault.[5]
May
- May 9 - At least nine Colombian policeman are killed and six others injured from a bomb planted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Santander Department.[6]
- May 14 - Jorge Daniel Castro, the head of the Colombian National Police force and Guillermo Chavez, the intelligence chief, resign over an illegal wiretapping scandal.[7]
July
- July 10 - Simón Trinidad, a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, is found guilty of conspiracy to hold three Americans hostage by a U.S. court.[8]
- July 28 - Colombia's intelligence chief Andrés Peñate claims FARC rebels accidentally killed 11 politicians it was holding, after running into another rebel unit.[9]
- July 30 - Juan Manuel Santos, the Defense Minister of Colombia, claims that the military has been infiltrated by FARC and drug gangs.[10]
August
- August 7 - Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, Colombian cocaine trafficker boss of the Norte del Valle Cartel is apprehended in Brazil and faces extradition to the United States. The US Government had offered a reward of US$5 million.[11]
September
- September 10 - Diego León Montoya Sánchez, leader of the Norte del Valle cartel and one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, is captured by Colombian authorities.[12]
October
- October 13 - At least 20 people die following a landslide at an open pit gold mine near Suarez in the Tolima department.[13]
References
- ^ "Colombia police nab suspected drug chief". 16 January 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Colombian politician is arrested". 16 February 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Colombian foreign minister quits". 19 February 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Colombia's ex-spy chief released". 24 March 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Nationwide blackout hits Colombia". 27 April 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Colombian rebels kill nine police". 10 May 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Colombia police chiefs forced out". 15 May 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Farc leader guilty of US kidnaps". 9 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Farc 'killed hostages by mistake'". 29 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Colombia admits high-level military corruption". 31 July 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Brazil nabs Colombian drug lord wanted in U.S." 7 August 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Suspected drug kingpin caught with his pants down". 11 September 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "At least 20 killed in Colombian gold mine disaster". 13 October 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
