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26-613: Lara's death led to Escobar's indictment for murder, which would be the beginning of his eventual downfall. Born in Neiva , capital of the department of Huila , Lara studied law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia . Years later he joined the Liberal Revolutionary Movement party, founded and led by former Liberal president Alfonso López Michelsen . In 1969, when he was only 23 years old, Lara

52-481: A Yamaha motorcycle. Guisado shot a Mac-10 (.45 ACP caliber) through the window, hitting him multiple times. Lara was killed instantly, but the driver was left unharmed. Lara was transferred to another car and taken to the Shaio Clinic where he was declared dead minutes after his arrival. His bodyguards shot and killed Ivan Dario Guisado, but Byron Velasquez was arrested and was paroled on October 15, 1995. Within

78-527: A few days of Lara’s assassination, Pablo Escobar and his family fled to Panama . After Lara's death, the Betancur government immediately approved the extradition law and began a war against organized crime. In turn, Enrique Parejo González was appointed Minister of Justice. He directed a harsh attack against drug trafficking, leading to the extradition of three members of the Medellín Cartel to

104-513: A hot annual average climate with daytime temperatures ranging from 88 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It is about 300 kilometers / 186.4 miles (about a five-hour drive) from the Colombian capital, Bogotá . The city of Palembang in Indonesia is the antipode of Neiva. According to DAN 2018, the ethnography composition of the city is: Neiva is a distribution center for many consumer goods to

130-676: A morally worthy and respectable country” In August 1983, Lara, who belonged to the New Liberalism created by him and Luis Carlos Galán , was appointed by President Belisario Betancur as Minister of Justice, replacing Bernardo Gaitán Mahecha. Lara, together with Galán, publicly denounced the drug cartels, especially in Medellín, where the cartel was led by Escobar. When Escobar was elected to the Congress, Lara denounced him, citing his connection to drug cartels. Lara also exposed Escobar and

156-590: Is known for the Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco festivities held between the last two weeks of June and early July. During this time, there are daily parades through the downtown area and showings of the Sanjuanero , a folk dance, where the participants dress in a typical costumes and compete for being the best performers of the Sanjuanero choreography . Soccer is currently

182-587: Is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila , south central Colombia . It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River with a municipal population of 357,392. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly because of its strategic geographical location. Neiva was first founded in 1539 by Juan de Cabrera in an area now belonging to the municipality of Campoalegre . In 1550, Juan de Alonso y Arias relocated

208-453: The Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva court. The city has hosted important national and international sport events. For example: The city of Neiva was one of the host cities for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup . Sins of My Father (film) Sins of My Father ( Spanish : Pecados de mi padre ) is a 2009 Argentine - Colombian documentary film directed by Nicolas Entel . It tells

234-585: The Palacio de las 57 ventanas , the Governor's building. In 2003 the city was the scene of a large bombing that was targeted at the Colombian President. 13 people were killed. The city has the dry-summer tropical savannah climate ( Köppen climate classification : As ), relatively rare and scattered across the world. Due to its location near the equator and its low altitude, the city has

260-513: The United States. In 2009, Rodrigo Lara Restrepo and the sons of the late Luis Carlos Galán announced to the media their forgiveness of Sebastian Marroquin (formerly Juan Pablo Escobar), son of the late Pablo Escobar, who apologized for the damage done to the country in his two decades of narco-terrorism, as told in the documentary film Sins of My Father (2009). Neiva Neiva ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnejβa] )

286-488: The alleged link between Lara and the drug cartels was discredited, the government began uncovering the shadowy dealings of the Medellín Cartel, specifically Escobar. Escobar was expelled from the Congress and his U.S. visa cancelled. The Minister went further, reviving criminal charges against Escobar and other drug lords, such as Carlos Lehder . Lara also ordered the seizure of 250 of Escobar's planes, while Congress

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312-594: The car. Knowing of the threats, Betancur considered appointing Lara ambassador to Czechoslovakia , a position that Lara accepted and would have taken up on May 12, 1984. On April 30, 1984, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was in his 1976 Mercedes-Benz W123 , on 127th Street north of Bogotá after passing through the Autopista Norte towards the Recreo de los Frailes neighborhood where he lived with his family, when Byron Velasquez and Ivan Dario Guisado drove past his SUV convoy on

338-450: The cartel for influencing politics and sports through corruption. This triggered a trap set by some politicians, drug dealers, and journalists who were threatened by the explosive growth of Lara in government and especially in the fight against drug trafficking. Jairo Ortega , Escobar's ally in Congress, presented a check (eventually shown to have been falsified) to the chamber, supposedly drawn by known drug trafficker Evaristo Porras. After

364-515: The city to the place that is now the municipality of Villavieja . At this location, the city was destroyed by indigenous tribes in 1560. The city was founded, at its current location, for the third and final time in 1612 by Diego de Ospina y Medinilla. Neiva became important during the colonial times because of its strategic location. It was located in the trade route that communicated the Viceroyalty of Peru with Bogotá and Caracas . The city

390-1023: The most important are the Universidad Surcolombiana , the Corporación Universitaria del Huila , and the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia . The Benito Salas Airport , named after Benito Salas Vargas , is located inside the city and serves domestic destinations. The city is known as the Bambuco capital. José Eustasio Rivera , born in Rivera, is the most famous writer of a "pléyade" of creators that lived in Neiva (Regulo Suárez, Eustaquio Álvarez, Felio Andrade, Antonio Iriarte, Yezid Morales, Humberto Calderón, Jorge Guebelly, Luis Alberto Campos, Winston Morales, Jader Rivera, David Alberto Campos) This city

416-614: The most popular sport in the city. The city is the base for the Atlético Huila club which competes in the top division of the Colombian professional football (soccer) league, the Categoría Primera A . The games are played at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid Stadium . Basketball had historically a high popularity, although it has decreased in recent years. The cities Basketball games are played at

442-525: The national economy such as rice, coffee, beef, milk, leather by-products and other agricultural products. Its annual agricultural fair held in May showcases horses, cattle and pork from local municipalities and other surrounding towns. Throughout the city a tourist might enjoy the scattered city monuments, especially around the edges of the Magdalena River, where the local government has been maintaining

468-564: The recently built sanctuary meant to safeguard the Magdalena from any pollutants and human produced contamination. Around this sanctuary there are parks and gardens usually crowded by locals and tourists who came to the growing city. The city can be reached by road travel, or by all major national airlines, coming to the Benito Salas Airport . Neiva is home to several universities which serve primarily Southern Colombia. Among

494-520: The son of the former Colombian president César Gaviria . In connection to telling the story of Pablo Escobar, the film explores the Colombia's recent violent history as a " narco-state " and the country's illegal drug trade . In 2005, after declining multiple filmmakers, Marroquín met Entel, who suggested making a documentary focused on the sons of the two famous men Escobar ordered killed in addition to Marroquín's inside perspective. Questioned about

520-471: The story of the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar from the inside perspective of his son, now living in Argentina under the name Sebastián Marroquín . In 1993, after Pablo Escobar is gunned down by the police, his then 16-year-old son Juan Pablo flees to Argentina together with his mother and sister. To avoid being identified and in fear of his life he changes his name to Sebastián Marroquín . "My life

546-411: The usefulness of Marroquín's apologizing to the sons of his father's victims for crimes he himself did not commit, Entel said the point was to promote reconciliation, "[the film] has the value of saying, 'It stops here. We are not going to inherit our parents' hatred.'" Marroquín agreed to participate in the project on two conditions: that "Pablo Escobar" was not included in the title and that his sister

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572-410: Was appointed mayor of his hometown. “Colombia must know the reality of certain captains who believed that the patrimonial amnesty meant the oblivion of the crimes that their holders committed to achieve their fantastic tortures, they are wrong, and it is not with certificates of good conduct obtained fraudulently or thanks to impunity, that they will be able to hide their criminal past and present before

598-445: Was debating the approval of the extradition. He also relied on Colonel Jaime Ramírez to uncover the complex coca laboratories of Tranquilandia and Villacoca, located in the jungles of southern Colombia, a fact that was made public on March 28, 1984. Both Lara and his family were the target of constant death threats. The American ambassador Lewis Arthur Tambs had offered him a bulletproof vest and an armored car , but Lara refused

624-529: Was declared as the capital of the Province of Neiva, made up of the Neiva, La Plata , Timaná , Purificación cabildos . In 1905 the city became the capital of the newly created Huila Department, which had been severed from the Tolima Department by the national government. In 1967, the city was hit severely by an earthquake of magnitude 7.2. The earthquake destroyed several buildings including

650-529: Was not shown. The film includes personal never-seen-before material of the Escobar family. Entel said of Marroquin: "It was very hard to get Sebastian to agree. It took me more than six months to get him on-board. Basically, he felt that he was risking his life by finally breaking his silence and letting the world know where he was and that his name was Sebastian Marroquin. But, I think he understood that I wasn't just trying to glamourize his father's image but I

676-472: Was worth $ 4 million ... That’s the price they put on my head," he said. After a decade of silence, Marroquín and his mother publicly speak about the life of their family member for the first time. In an attempt to end the cycle of violence and to ask for forgiveness Marroquín travels to Colombia to meet the sons of two of his father's most prominent murder victims: presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán and Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara Bonilla , as well as

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