←

2009
in
Colombia

→

Decades:

See also:

Events in the year 2009 in Colombia.

Incumbents

President: Álvaro Uribe

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

10 January - Liliana Lozano, 30, Colombian actress and beauty queen, shot.^[5]

16 March - Ramón Mantilla Duarte, 83, Colombian Bishop of Ipiales (1985–1987).^[6]

13 May - Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador.^[7]

30 May - Alexander Obregón, 32, Colombian footballer, car accident.^[8]

18 July - Ricardo Londoño, 59, Colombian racing driver, shot.^[9]

29 August - Gustavo Martínez Frías, 74, Colombian archbishop of Nueva Pamplona.^[10]

20 September - Herman Córdoba, 19, Colombian footballer, traffic collision.^[11]

1 November - Arturo Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Pasto.^[12]

6 November - Abraham Escudero Montoya, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Palmira.^[13]

21 December - Jaime Agudelo, 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure.^[14]

22 December - Luis Francisco Cuéllar, 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta, assassination by cut throat.^[15]

References

^ Carroll, Rory; correspondent, Latin America (2009-03-18). "Colombian Farc rebels release last known foreign hostage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
^ "The Christian Science Monitor".
^ "Colombia profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
^ "Colombia profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
^ "Asesinan a actriz de Pasión de gavilanes". People en Español (in Spanish). January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
^ "Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
^ ""Muere compositor colombiano de música vallenata Rafael Escalona". Reuters (in Spanish)".
^ ""Falleció Alex Obregón" (in Spanish). Archived from the original".
^ "Former F1 driver Londoño assassinated".
^ "Archbishop Gustavo Martínez Frías [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
^ "UPDATE 1-Soccer-Celebrating Colombian players die in car crash". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
^ ""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]".
^ "EL OBSERVATORIAL".
^ "EL TIEMPO".
^ "Abducted Colombia governor killed". 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2024-01-06.

v t e Years in Colombia (since 1810)
19th century	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1848 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
20th century	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2009 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Categories