1985 in Colombia

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See also:	Other events of 1985 Timeline of Colombian history

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Events of 1985 in Colombia.

• President: Belisario Betancur Cuartas (1982–1986).^[1]
• Vice President: N/A.^{[n 1]}

• Colombian conflict.

• 9 January – The Battle of Yarumales ends.
• 23 January – Teleantioquia launches as a television programadora.

• 27 February – Colombia officially recognizes the Shawari Arab Democratic Republic.^[2]
• 28 February – The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture is signed.

• 22 April – The Federal Government announces that it has asked its international bank creditors for a $1 billion loan.^[3]

• 28 May – The Patriotic Union is founded.

• 24 June – Guerillas ambush and kill 6 police officer in western Valle del Cauca, 9 others are injured along with 3 civilians.^[4]

• 11 August – Teleantioquia launches as a television channel, becoming the first regional channel in Colombia.^[5]
• 28 August – 19th of April Movement (M-19) leader Iván Marino Ospina is killed by the military. ^[6]
• 29 August – The José María Córdova International Airport opens in Rionegro, Antioquia, near Medellín.

• 11 September – Armero tragedy: Volcanologists warn of activity from the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.^[7]

• 17 October – First leg of the 1985 Copa Libertadores finals.
• 22 October – Second leg of the1985 Copa Libertadores finals.
• 24 October – Play-off of the1985 Copa Libertadores finals.

• 6-7 November – Palace of Justice siege: 98 people, 11 law enforcement personnel, 33 guerillas, and 43 civilians, are killed when M-19 Movement members take over the Palace of Justice and take 300 hostages, planning to hold a trial against president Betancur in retaliation for the killing of Iván Marino Ospina. The dead included 11 of the Supreme Court magistrates.
• 13 November – Armero tragedy.

• 9 December – The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán is established in San Vicente del Caguán, Caquetá.

• 9 July – Gustavo Dávila, footballer (d. 2014).
• 27 July – Juan Patiño, footballer.

• 23 July – Tulio Manuel Castro Gil, judge (b. 1943).
• 23 August – Carlos Correa, artist (b. 1912).
• 7 November:
  • Alfonso Reyes Echandía, then president of the Supreme Court of Colombia (b. 1932).
  • Alfonso Patiño Rosselli, jurist and diplomat (b. 1923).
  • Andrés Almarales, M-19 Movement leader (b. 1935).
  • Fanny González Franco, first female Supreme Court of Colombia justice and lawyer (b. 1934).
• 16 November – Omayra Sánchez, infamous Armero tragedy victim and subject of World Press Photo of the Year 1986, (b. 1972).

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