apr 30, 9 - El Bogotazo

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It is one of the most difficult social situations in the history of Colombia. The liberal caudillo Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was assassinated in Bogotá, which brought together a popular political movement of large urban and rural masses that demonstrated in the capital and other cities in Colombia. The massive riot manifested itself in burning and looting of public buildings, churches, schools, convents, warehouses and private residences; collective murders and massacres took place.