1985 attack on the Supreme Court of Colombia by M-19 guerillas
Palace of Justice siege
Part of Colombian armed conflict
A Colombian Police Bell 212 deploying troops on the roof of the Palace of Justice during the siege
Date
6–7 November 1985
Location
Palace of Justice, Bogotá, Colombia
Result
Colombian government victory. Destruction of the building.
Creation of the AFEUR unit.
Belligerents
Colombian government
M19
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Jesús Armando Arias Cabrales Col. Alfonso Plazas
Luis Otero Cifuentes †[1]
Units involved
Colombian Army
Ivan Marino Ospina Company
Strength
~1000 2 squadrons of 4 EE-9 Cascavel
35 3 vehicles
Casualties and losses
11 killed
33 killed
43 civilians killed 11 missing[2]
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1960s
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1970s
Anorí
1980s
Dominican embassy siege
Palace of Justice siege
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2000s
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2020s
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See also
Peace process
Timeline
The Palace of Justice siege was a 1985 attack on the Supreme Court of Colombia, in which members of the leftist M-19 guerrilla group took over the Palace of Justice in Bogotá and held the Supreme Court hostage, intending to hold a trial against President Belisario Betancur. The guerrilla group called themselves the "Iván Marino Ospina Company" after an M-19 commander who had been killed by the Colombian military on 28 August 1985.[1] Hours later, after a military raid, the incident had left almost half of the twenty-five Supreme Court Justices dead.[3][4]
Luis Otero was in charge of directing the military aspects of the siege.[5]
^ ab"27 Hours That Shook Bogota – The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-06-15.
^de 2020, 6 de Noviembre (6 November 2020). "Toma del Palacio de Justicia: 35 años después se sigue pidiendo justicia". infobae.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Livingstone, Grace (2004). Inside Colombia: Drugs, Democracy, and War. Rutgers University Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-8135-3443-7.
^Pearce, Jenny (1 May 1990). Colombia:Inside the Labyrinth. Latin America Bureau. p. 181. ISBN 0-906156-44-0.
^Silva, Angelica Higuera. "Remember, Remember the 6 and 7 of November: Colombia 1985 Siege of the Palace of Justice" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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