Events of 1987 in Colombia.
Incumbents
President: Virgilio Barco Vargas (1986–1990). Vice President: N/A.The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994.
Events
Ongoing
Colombian conflict.
January
23 January – The 1987 South American U-20 Championship begins in Armenia.
February
8 February – The 1987 South American U-20 Championship ends, Colombia wins.
28 February – Santa Clara massacre: Armed men break into a house in Santa Clara, Fundación, Magdalena and kidnap a family of 4 and execute them in Puerto Piedra. The perpetrators are never determined.
March
3 March – San Sebastián massacre: 5 people are murdered in rural San Sebastián, Cauca by armed men and are buried in a mass grave. The perpetrators are never determined. 5-6 March – 1987 Ecuador earthquakes: 6.0-7.2 Mw. April
13 April – Cimitarra Massacre: The village of Número Siete in Cimitarra, Santander is attacked by around 90 members of the Self-Defense Forces of Puerto Boyacá, who bring with them a list of names. They gather 14 people they accuse of being leftist guerilla sympathizers and execute them by the Carare River bank. June
10-22 June – The 37th Vuelta a Colombia is held, Pablo Wilches wins.
July
11 July – The Colombia national football team plays Argentina in the third place play off leading up to the 1987 Copa América. Colombia wins 2–1.
August
23 August – Popayán massacre. September
September – El Porvenir massacre. October
11 October – Jaime Pardo Leal, 1986 presidential candidate for the Patriotic Union, is assassinated in a drive-by shooting between La Mesa and Bogotá.
November
21 November – Narco-trafficker Jorge Ochoa is captured in El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca.
December
30 December – Jorge Ochoa is released from prison on a habeas corpus petition.
Uncertain
The Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating Board (CGSB) is formed. Births
27 August – Juan David Díaz, footballer. 27 September – Karen Carreño, model. 1 December – Valeria Santa, actor.
Deaths
11 October – Jaime Pardo Leal, union leader, lawyer, and politician (b. 1941).
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