An Assassination in Colombia
Mariela Barrag谩n recalls the murder of her husband, the left-wing opposition politician, Bernardo Jaramillo, in March 1990.
In March 1990 the left-wing politician and presidential candidate, Bernardo Jaramillo, was shot dead at Bogota's international airport. He was leader of the Patriotic Union, a party formed by members of the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian communist party. Jaramillo was among several thousand of its members killed by right-wing paramilitaries with close links to the country's drug cartels. Mike Lanchin has been speaking to the murdered politician's widow, Mariela Barrag谩n, who was with him the day he died.
Photo: Mariela Barrag谩n and Bernardo Jaramillo (courtesy of the family)
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