Rodrigo Lara Bonilla - Murder

Murder

Only eight months after taking the Ministry of Justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla dies gunned down in his car on the night of April 30, 1984 at 127 Street, north of Bogota, which later was named "Avenida Rodrigo Lara Bonilla" in his honor. The murder occurred at the hands of an assassin sent by Escobar with the name Ivan Dario Guisado in a motorcycle DT Yamaha 175 led by Byron Velazquez aka "quesito". Guisado was killed by the bodyguards of the minister, while Velasquez was captured by the police and spent more than 10 years in prison.

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