2019 in Colombia
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Events of 2019 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Iván Duque Márquez
- Vice President: Marta Lucia Ramirez
Events
January
- Blacks and Whites' Carnival
- 2019 Bogotá car bombing: A vehicle-bound suicide bomb attack in Bogotá, Colombia, kills 22 people and injures 68 others, making it the deadliest attack on the Colombian capital since 2003.[1]
February
March
- Barranquilla's Carnival
- Cartagena Film Festival
- March 30: A 14-year old "hit man" is arrested in Medellin after killing victims #11 and #12 in cold blood. The victims were businessman Darío Alexis, 42, and a messenger, Mateo C, 20.[2]
July
- 28 July – 22-year-old cyclist Egan Bernal won the 2019 Tour de France.
August
September
October
November
December
Births
Deaths
August
- August 13 – Cecilia Caballero Blanco, socialite and First Lady of Colombia (b. 1913)[3]
September
- September 3 – José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1919)[4]
See also
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References
- ^ "Left-wing rebel group blamed for car bomb that killed 21 in Bogota". The Washington Post. January 18, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ "Niño sicario es detenido en Medellín tras cobrar su doceava víctima" [Child hitman is arrested after killing his twelfth victim] (in Spanish). Tribuna.com. March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ Falleció la exprimera dama Cecilia Caballero de López (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece en Santander el que sería el cardenal más viejo del mundo (in Spanish)
