31 March – The United States' House passes a 1.3 billion dollar military aid package to Colombia aimed at combatting drug trafficking operations.[ 7]
26 April – A confrontation between AUC members and other prisoners inside La Modelo prison in Bogota escalates to fighting which results in 32 deaths and 17 injuries.[ 8]
Jineth Bedoya Lima testifying at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about her 2000 abduction
25 May – El Espectador reporter Jineth Bedoya is abducted by paramilitaries while inside La Modelo maximum security prison in Bogotá. She is driven to a city 3 hours away and beaten, tortured, threatened, raped, and dumped.[ 2]
Museo Botero in Bogotá
1 December – Authorities announce the discovery of a bomb along a road before a visit by United States politicians; later deemed unrelated to the following visit.[ 14]
15 December – Hitmen under the instruction of an Army officer conspiring with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) attacks Wilson Borja , the President of the National Federation of State Workers (Spanish : Federación Nacional de Trabajadores al Servicio del Estado ), wounding him in the leg. A bystander dies in the crossfire between his bodyguards and the gunmen, as did a hitmen.[ 15]
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