en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Carlos_Gal%C3%A1n
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While the investigation into his assassination remains unsolved
Calling Galán’s assassination investigation "unsolved" is inaccurate. Colombia’s Supreme Court has upheld convictions against Alberto Santofimio and convicted former DAS chief Miguel Maza Márquez for co-authoring/facilitating the murder.
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This claim overstates the uncertainty around the case. Although some lines of responsibility have continued to be investigated, Colombian courts have not left the case simply "unsolved."
The Supreme Court of Justice reported in 2016 that Miguel Alfredo Maza Márquez was sentenced to 30 years in prison as a co-author in the homicide, after the court determined he was part of the plan to assassinate Galán by weakening his security.
The same court reported in 2023 that Alberto Santofimio Botero's 24-year sentence as co-author of Galán's homicide remained in force, and explicitly rejected his attempt to undo that conviction.
So while additional participants may still be investigated, the article's statement that the investigation "remains unsolved" is misleading because major perpetrators have been judicially identified and convicted.
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- Sentencia por homicidio del precandidato Luis Carlos Galán - Corte Suprema de Justicia
"condenó a 30 años de prisión al exdirector del ... DAS, general (r) Miguel Alfredo Maza Márquez" and "determinó que el entonces director del DAS hizo parte del plan para asesinar" a Galán.
- Corte Suprema de Justicia mantiene condena contra el exsenador Alberto Santofimio por el magnicidio de Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento
"la condena de 24 años de prisión en su contra, como coautor del homicidio del candidato presidencial Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento" remained in force.
In 1986, Galán wrote an autobiography under the pseudonym "Cleo Tilde", but it was not until 1994 that the identity was revealed.
The date is off, and the work is described too broadly. Sources from Semana and the Galán Foundation say the "Cleo Tilde" text was a biographical profile written in 1985, later published in 1994.
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Available sources do not support the article's wording.
- Semana states that under the pseudonym Cleo Tilde, Galán wrote his biographical profile in 1985, and that it was published by the magazine in 1994.
- A Fundación Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento document repeats the same point: it describes the text as "su propio perfil biográfico en 1985".
That means the article is inaccurate in at least two ways: it gives the year as 1986 instead of 1985, and it calls the piece an autobiography, while the cited sources describe it more specifically as a biographical profile.
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- Pefil de Galán escrito por él mismo con el seudónimo Cleo Tilde - Semana
"Con ese seudónimo, Luis Carlos Galán escribió su perfil biográfico en 1985, publicado en SEMANA el 16 de agosto de 1994."
- Papeles de la Cátedra Galán - Fundación Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento
"Con el seudónimo de Cleo Tilde, Luis Carlos Galán escribió su propio perfil biográfico en 1985."