Luis Carlos Galán

Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (29 September 1943 – 18 August 1989) was a Colombian liberal politician and journalist.

 Life 
Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento was born in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. He ran for the Presidency of Colombia two times. Galan ran under the Liberal party in 1989 and sought the nomination for the 1990 presidential election. 

 Death 
On August 18, 1989, as Galán walked onto the stage to give a speech in front of ten thousand people during a campaign rally in the town of Soacha, Cundinamarca, some drug cartels of Pablo Escobar shot Galán five times, killing him. He was 45 years old. Ten others were wounded in the gunfire.

Other websites
Spanish Language News Report on the hitman letter

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