An Assassination in Colombia
Mariela BarragΓ΅n recalls the murder of her husband, the left-wing opposition politician, Bernardo Jaramillo, in March 1990.
In March 1990 the left-wing politician and presidential candidate, Bernardo Jaramillo, was shot dead at Bogota's international airport. He was leader of the Patriotic Union, a party formed by members of the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian communist party. Jaramillo was among several thousand of its members killed by right-wing paramilitaries with close links to the country's drug cartels. Mike Lanchin has been speaking to the murdered politician's widow, Mariela BarragΓ΅n, who was with him the day he died.
Photo: Mariela BarragΓ΅n and Bernardo Jaramillo (courtesy of the family)
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- Mon 20 Mar 2017 08:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
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