2013 in Colombia

The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Colombia.

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See also:	Other events of 2013 Timeline of Colombian history

Incumbents

• President: Juan Manuel Santos
• Vice President: Angelino Garzón

Events

January

• January 1 - 13 FARC members are killed in an airstrike by the Colombian military.^[1]
• January 19 - A drug lord named Amaury Smith Pomare, who had long been wanted by the police, is arrested at his villa on the Atlantic coast of Honduras.^[2]
• January 20 - FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire.^[3]
• January 22 - FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire.^[4]

February

• February 9 - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes southwest Colombia causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 8 people.^[5][6]
• February 25 - Coffee growers of the country start a labour strike protesting the situations in which coffee growing is practiced.^[7]

March

• March 8 - The strike of the coffee growers is over.^[8]

April

• Nohra Padilla, a pioneer and executive director of the Association of Recyclers of Bogotá, was awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for her contribution to waste management and recycling in Colombia.^[9]

June

• June 10 - The Venezuelan government arrests nine Colombian right-wing paramilitaries over a plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro.^[10]

July

• July 20 - 17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.^[11]
• July 22 - The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela meet to resolve a high-level diplomatic dispute.^[12]

August

• August 19 - An agrarian strike is planned for today in Colombia to demand labor rights.^{[citation needed]}

October

• October 12 - A building collapses in Colombia, killing 1, with 10 still missing.^[13]

November

• November 9 - A gunman kills eight people in a bar in Cali.^[14]

December

• December 9 - Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, is removed from office and banned from re-taking it for fifteen years, due to a failing city cleaning policy promoted by him.^[15]
• December 14 - A mass protest is held in Bogotá in protest against the unseating of Mayor Gustavo Petro.^[16]

References

1. "Thirteen Colombian Farc rebels 'killed in air strike'". BBC News. 1 January 2013. from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
2. . Fox News Latino. 19 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. "Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line". Reuters. 22 January 2013. from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
4. "Colombia says FARC rebels hit two oil pipelines, coal rail line". 22 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
5. Mach, Andrew (9 February 2013). "Strong 6.9 earthquake strikes Colombia; minor injuries reported". NBC News. from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
6. "258 viviendas averiadas y ocho heridos deja sismo en todo el país" [258 homes damaged and eight wounded nationwide in earthquake]. El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 9 February 2013. from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
7. . La Tarde (in Spanish). 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
8. "Movimiento cafetero ordena levantar paro" (in Spanish). Government of Colombia.
9. "Bogota Recycler Nohra Padilla Praised on World Stage". wiego.org. Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
10. "Venezuela arrests Colombians over Maduro assassination plot". 10 June 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
11. "Colombian soldiers die in clashes". 21 June 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
12. "Venezuelan, Colombian presidents put aside diplomatic dispute". 23 July 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
13. "Building collapse in Colombia kills 1; 10 still missing". 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
14. "Gunman kills eight in bar in Cali, Colombia". 9 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
15. "Bogota Mayor Ordered Removed From Office". 9 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
16. "Thousands march for sacked Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro". 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.