Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (29 September 1943 – 18 August 1989) was a Colombian liberal politician and journalist who ran for the Presidency of Colombia on two occasions, the first time for the polit.. Read more »ical movement New Liberalism that he founded in 1979, than 1990 for the liberal party.Galán declared himself an enemy of the drug cartels and the influence of the mafia in Colombian politics.After receiving several death threats, on August 18, 1989, Galán was shot to death by hitmen hired by the drug cartels during a campaign rally in the town of Soacha, Cundinamarca.The investigation into his assassination remains unsolved.
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