Miguel Maza Márquez

General (R) Miguel Alfredo Maza Márquez (born 1937 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a retired Colombian general,[1] and former director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS).

In December 1989, he survived an attempted assassination by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel. In November 2016, the Colombian Supreme Court sentenced him to 30 years in prison for his participation in the assassination of Luis Carlos Galán in August 1989.[2]

References
  1. Escobar, Roberto; Gaviria, Roberto Escobar; Fisher, David (2009-02-25). The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of the Medellín Cartel. Hachette Digital, Inc. pp. 122–. ISBN 978-0-446-17892-1. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. "Miguel Maza Márquez: cómo el archienemigo de Pablo Escobar terminó condenado por el magnicidio ordenado en Colombia por el jefe del cartel de Medellín [Miguel Maza Márquez: how the arch-enemy of Pablo Escobar was condemned by the magnicide ordered in Colombia by the head of the poster of Medellín]". BBC Mundo. 25 November 2016.


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