The Reminiscencias dance club shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Bogotá, Colombia on June 24, 2000, when 26-year-old Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez, accompanied by his friends Henry Orozco Casas and Julián Andrés Barbosa, fired an Uzi machine gun at revelers at the Reminiscencias dance club, after a friend of his asked them for help in case of a possible fight after a young woman refused to dance with him earlier.[1] Velásquez killed eleven people, including Barbosa (by accident), wounded seven others, and then escaped with Orozco Casas, but was eventually arrested in Spain several months later, extradited back, and sentenced to 40 years in prison.[2][3]
| Reminiscencias dance club shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Coordinates | 4°37′00″N 74°10′22″W / 4.6166°N 74.1728°W |
| Date | June 24, 2000 11:45 p.m. |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Weapons | Uzi |
| Deaths | 11 |
| Injured | 7 |
| Perpetrator | Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez |
| Convictions | Murder |
| Sentence | 40 years' imprisonment |
Victims
edit- Carlos Arturo Aristizábal, 34, owner of the bar
- Ricardo Javier Ariza Gil, 28
- Rafael María Avila Barrios, 53
- Julián Andrés Barbosa González, 22 (accomplice of Lozano Velásquez)
- Juan Carlos Bedoya, 27
- Nelson Orlando Castro, 22
- Néstor Alberto Granada, 28
- Marta Liliana Londoño Castro, 32
- Consuelo Patricia Menjura, 41
- Javier Darío Moreno Millán, 35
- John Jairo Ospina, 24, nephew of Carlos Aristizábal
Those wounded were: Rodrigo Aristizábal, 39, Jhon Jairo Bedoya, 34, Camilo José Moreno, 22, Kelly Fernanda Ospina Orozco, 20, Oscar Iván Ospina, 19, Arley Pinzón, 29, Fabián Alberto Granada, 36.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sánchez, Ing Cristian Giovanny Toro. "CONDENAN A 40 AÑOS POR MASACRE EN BAR REMINISCENCIAS". samanacaldas.net.co (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ Eleven killed in Bogota disco, BBC (June 24, 2000)
- ^ La verdad de Reminiscencias, El Tiempo (July 30, 2000)
- ^ Las víctimas de la taberna del San Jorge, El Tiempo (June 25, 2000)
External links
edit- Eleven killed in Bogota disco, BBC (June 24, 2000)
- A juicio presuntos responsables de masacre en el bar Reminiscencias Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Boletín de Prensa No. 147
- Los sicarios abren sucursal en Madrid, Belt Iberica (November 3, 2002)
- Buscan a homicida que mató a once personas en un bar de Bogotá Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, critica.com.pa
- 40 Años Por Masacre En Bar, El Tiempo (August 29, 2003)