Palace of Justice siege

When

6 Nov 1985

Kind

Event

Coordinates

4.60° N, 74.08° W

Placed at the building its text puts it in, Palace of Justice of Colombia.

Palace of Justice siege: Members of the 19th of April Movement (M-19) Marxist guerrilla group take over the Palace of Justice of Colombia in Bogotá and hold the Supreme Court hostage. Hours later, after a military raid, the incident leaves almost half of the 25 Supreme Court Justices dead.

1985 attack on the Supreme Court of Colombia by M-19 guerillas

The Palace of Justice siege was an attack carried out in Bogotá, Colombia, on November 6–7, 1985, in which a guerrilla commando of the 19th of April Movement (M-19) took over the Palace of Justice, housing the Supreme Court and the Council of State. The guerrillas held roughly 350 people hostage, among them Supreme Court justices, councilors of state, judicial staff, employees, and visitors.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Colombie : prise du palais de justice de Bogota par les militants du M-19”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Bogotá (Colombia) el grupo guerrillero M-19 toma el Palacio de Justicia en la plaza de Bolívar (Centro de Bogotá)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار قصر العدل في : أعضاء ميليشيا إم 19 (حركة 19 أبريل) الماركسية تسيطر على قصر العدل في بوغوتا عاصمة ، وتحتجز المحكمة العليا كرهائن”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “コロンビア最高裁占拠事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page