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.

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.

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