Rodrigo Lara
✓ Source-basedfallingColombian lawyer and politician (1946-1984)
PoliticiansLived 1946 to 1984 · aged 37
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Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Justice under President Belisario Betancur, and was assassinated on the orders of Pablo Escobar because of his work as Minister in prosecuting cocaine traffickers mainly belonging to the Medellín Cartel.
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Members of New Liberalism, c. 1979. From left: Iván Marulanda, Luis Carlos Galán, Rodrigo Lara, Nancy Restrepo de Lara, Gabriela White de Vélez, and Hernán Vieira. Galán, Lara, and White were assassinated either by drug lords or by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, (FARC)![Tranquilandia was the main cocaine production center of the Medellín Cartel, located in the department of Caquetá. It had 19 processing laboratories, abundant fresh water (from the Yarí River), an independent electrical system, dormitories and a landing strip. The complex was destroyed in 1984 by the National Police and the DEA, seizing about 14 tons of drugs, valued at 1.2 billion dollars.[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Tranquilandia_Colombia_by_DEA.png)
Tranquilandia was the main cocaine production center of the Medellín Cartel, located in the department of Caquetá. It had 19 processing laboratories, abundant fresh water (from the Yarí River), an independent electrical system, dormitories and a landing strip. The complex was destroyed in 1984 by the National Police and the DEA, seizing about 14 tons of drugs, valued at 1.2 billion dollars.[5]
Lara's car in the aftermath of the murder
Mac-10 submachine gun used to kill Rodrigo LaraIn their orbit 2
Politicians born in the 1940s 6
About this person
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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1946 to 1984 · aged 37
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