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Events in the year 2009 in Colombia.

Incumbents

Events

February

  • February - FARC frees a former provincial governor along with five other high-profile hostages since 2001.

March

  • 18 March - FARC releases a Swedish engineer thought to be the rebel group's last foreign hostage.[1]

November

  • November - President Alvaro Uribe signs a deal giving the US military access to seven military bases.[2]

December

  • December - Marxist rebel groups intend to stop fighting each other and focus on attacking the Colombian armed forces.[3]
  • December - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez orders 15,000 troops to the Colombian border.[4]

Deaths

Jaime Agudelo

References

  1. ^ Carroll, Rory (2009-03-18). "Colombian Farc rebels release last known foreign hostage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  2. ^ "The Christian Science Monitor".
  3. ^ "Colombia profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  4. ^ "Colombia profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  5. ^ "Asesinan a actriz de Pasión de gavilanes". People en Español (in Spanish). January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  6. ^ "Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  7. ^ ""Muere compositor colombiano de música vallenata Rafael Escalona". Reuters (in Spanish)".
  8. ^ ""Falleció Alex Obregón" (in Spanish). Archived from the original".
  9. ^ "Former F1 driver Londoño assassinated".
  10. ^ "Archbishop Gustavo Martínez Frías [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  11. ^ "UPDATE 1-Soccer-Celebrating Colombian players die in car crash". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  12. ^ ""Arturo Salazar, agustino recoleto y obispo emérito de Pasto, fallece en Manizales a los 88 años" [Arturo Salazar, Augustinian Recollect and Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, dies in Manizales at the age of 88]".
  13. ^ "EL OBSERVATORIAL".
  14. ^ "EL TIEMPO".
  15. ^ "Abducted Colombia governor killed". 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2024-01-06.