Colombia exhumes murdered guerrilla leader
Source: Associated Press
Colombia exhumes murdered guerrilla leader
By LIBARDO CARDONA, Associated Press | November 26, 2014 | Updated: November 26, 2014 11:50am
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia is digging up the remains of a former guerrilla leader who was assassinated 25 years ago while running for president in one of the most emblematic crimes committed during a wave of terror against leftist activists.
Carlos Pizarro was killed when an assailant opened fire with a machine gun inside a crowded airliner in midflight.
Authorities on Wednesday dug up Pizarro's remains and those of his assailant to resolve one of the crime's nagging doubts: whether bodyguards assigned by the state to protect the politician also had a hand in his murder.
"There's evidence in the case that doesn't add up," Maria Jose Pizarro, the slain politician's daughter, told The Associated Press as forensic specialists removed the marble tombstone covering the remains in Bogota's Central Cemetery. "It suggests there's a campaign to stop any progress from being made in the investigation."
The former M-19 rebel leader was the third candidate killed during the 1990 presidential race. At the time, leftists and anti-corruption crusaders were being hounded by right-wing paramilitaries aligned with powerful drug cartels.
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