Juan Roa Sierra
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Juan Roa Sierra
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Juan Roa Sierra was a Colombian known for assassinating Colombian Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on April 9, 1948. After he shot Gaitán three times, mortally wounding him, a mob chased Roa Sierra down and killed him. The assassination of Gaitan triggered El Bogotazo, riots that partially destroyed Bogota and led to La Violencia, a period of violence that lasted until approximately 1958. A fictinalized account of his final days was presented in the 2013 feature fil
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Colombian assassin (1921–1948)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Roa_Sierra
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2024-02-05T06:54:35Z
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