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On this day in conspiracies
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- 1948Gaitan assassinationGovernment & Intelligence
Shortly after 1 p.m., Gaitan is shot several times as he leaves his office on the Carrera Septima in central Bogota. He is rushed to a clinic and dies within the hour.
- 2009Altantuya murderGovernment & Intelligence
After a trial running to roughly 159 days, the High Court convicts Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar of murder and sentences both to death. No motive is established at trial; the prosecution does not prove why the two officers, who had no evident personal tie to the victim, killed her.
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