What is Luis Carlos Galán?
[[File:Luis Carlos Galan.jpg|thumb|Luis Carlos Galán|230px]] '''Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento''' (29 September 1943 – 18 August 1989) was a Colombian [[Liberalism|liberal]] politician and journalist. == Life == Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento was born in [[Bucaramanga]], [[Santander Department|Santander]], Colombia. He ran for the [[President of Colombia|Presidency]] of Colombia two times. Galan ran under the Liberal party in 1989 and sought the nomination for the [[Colombian presidential election, 1990|1990 presidential election]]. == Death == On August 18, 1989, as Galán walked onto the stage to give a speech in front of ten thousand people during a campaign rally in the town of [[Soacha]], [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]], some drug cartels of [[Pablo Escobar]] shot Galán five times, killing him. He was 45 years old. Ten others were wounded in the gunfire. ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040826061300/http://semana.terra.com.co/opencms/opencms/Semana/articulo.html?id=81088 Spanish Language News Report on the hitman letter] {{DEFAULTSORT:Galan Sarmiento, Luis Carlos}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:Assassinated people]] [[Category:Colombian politicians]] [[Category:Murders by firearm]] [[Category:Colombian journalists]] {{bio-stub}}