Manuel Cepeda

Manuel Cepeda

Manuel Cepeda Vargas (13 April 1930 — 9 August 1994) was a Colombian lawyer and Senator, gunned down in Bogotá on 9 August 1994 as part of a campaign against the Patriotic Union.

Manuel Cepeda
OccupationPolitician
Native CountryColombia
CategoryPolíticos y Líderes
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Biography

Manuel Cepeda Manuel Cepeda Vargas (13 April 1930 — 9 August 1994) was a Colombian lawyer and Senator, gunned down in Bogotá on 9 August 1994 as part of a campaign against the Patriotic Union. A Communist party politician, he had been a Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 1992 to 1994. In 2010, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights determined that Colombia violated the Inter-American Convention On Human Rights in the investigation of his death.

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References

  1. "Manuel Cepeda." Wikipedia.