VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > D. Latin America, 1945–2000 > 2. South America, 1945–2000 > h. Colombia > 1993, Dec. 2
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1993, Dec. 2
 
Medellín drug cartel boss Pablo Escobar was killed by government forces.  1
 
1994, Jan. 12
 
Colombian military officials acknowledged that 250 U.S. troops, previously said to be on a humanitarian mission, were helping the Colombian government track guerrillas and drug traffickers.  2
 
Jan. 17
 
In one of a series of attacks by leftist rebel groups, an assassination attempt was made against the Colombian finance minister in Bogotá.  3
 
June 19
 
Ernesto Samper Pizano of the ruling Liberal Party won the presidency.  4
 
July 2
 
The soccer world was stunned by the shooting death in Medellín of Andrés Escobar, the player who had inadvertently scored an “own-goal” for the U.S. in Colombia's World Cup match (June 22).  5
 
 
 
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