On April 9, 1948, Bogot?, the capital of Colombia, was the scene of violent riots that later became known as the Bogotazo. The event that apparently triggered the riots was the assassination of Colombian leader Jorge Eli?cer Gait?n. Participants in the riot destroyed most of the city center. Several thousand people were killed. The riots coincided with the celebration in the city of the Ninth Pan American Conference of Foreign...