Its cause was mainly mounting tensions between the two leading political parties, which subsequently ignited after the assassination of the Liberal presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on 9 April 1948.
Shkaku i tij ishte kryesisht rritja e tensioneve midis dy partive kryesore politike, të cilat shpërthyen pas vrasjes së kandidatit presidencial Jorge Eliécer Gaitan më 9 prill të vitit 1948.