Miguel Maza Márquez

General Miguel Alfredo Maza Márquez (born 1942 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a retired Colombian general,[1] who was director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) from 1985 to 1991.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maza and the second or maternal family name is Márquez.

In December 1989, he survived an attempted assassination by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel, the DAS Building bombing which killed 63 people.

In November 2016, the Colombian Supreme Court sentenced him to 30 years in prison for his participation in the assassination of liberal Presidential candidate 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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