Incident Summary:

06/16/1999: Two unidentified men on motorcycles gunned down the 30 year-old mayor of Santo Domingo municipality, Jorge Eduardo Arias Chaverra, as he was driving to Medellin, Colombia. This incident occurred on or within in a few days prior to June 16, 1999.

Overview

GTD ID:
199906160006

When:
1999-06-16

Country:
Colombia

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Antioquia (Department)

City:
Near Medellin

Location Details:
This incident occurred en route to Medellin.

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Assassination
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity	Mayor of Santo Domingo
Specific Description	Jorge Eduardo Arias Chaverra
Nationality of Target	Colombia

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Unknown Gun Type

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	No
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	Yes
Alternate Designation (more)	Other Crime Type

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	2
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	1
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Colombian Guerrilla, Paramilitary Activities," Open Source Center, June 22, 1999."