Palace of Justice siege

Palace of Justice siege
Part of Colombian armed conflict

A Colombian Police Bell 212 deploying troops on the roof of the Palace of Justice during the siege
Date6–7 November 1985
Location
Palace of Justice, Bogotá, Colombia
Result

Colombian government victory.
Destruction of the building.

  • Creation of the AFEUR unit.
Belligerents
Colombian government M19
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Miguel Vega Uribe
Gen. Augusto Moreno Guerrero
Gen. Rafael Samudio Molina
Gen. Víctor Alberto Delgado Mallarino
Col. Alfonso Plazas Vega		 Luis Otero Cifuentes †
Units involved
Colombian Army
National Police
Department of Security		 Ivan Marino Ospina Company
Strength
≈1,000
2 squadrons of 4 EE-9 Cascavel		 35
3 vehicles
Casualties and losses
11 killed 33 killed
43 civilians killed
11 missing

The Palace of Justice siege was a 1985 attack on the Supreme Court of Colombia, in which members of the leftist M-19 guerrilla group took over the Palace of Justice in Bogotá and held the Supreme Court hostage, intending to hold a trial against President Belisario Betancur. The guerrilla group called themselves the "Iván Marino Ospina Company" after an M-19 commander who had been killed by the Colombian military on 28 August 1985. Hours later, after a military raid, the incident had left almost half of the twenty-five Supreme Court Justices dead.

Luis Otero was in charge of directing the military aspects of the siege.

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