DAS Building bombing

{{Short description|1989 bomb attack in Bogotá, Colombia}}

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{{infobox civilian attack

| date = December 6, 1989

| image = File:1989-6-de-diciembre-atentado-DAS.jpg

| location = Bogotá, Colombia

| time = 7:30 a.m.

| timezone = COT

| type = Truck bombing
Attempted assassination

| target = Administrative Department of Security (DAS)

| fatalities = 63

| injuries = ~2,248

| weapons = Dynamite modified time bomb

| motive = Attempt to assassinate Miguel Maza Márquez

}}

{{Campaignbox Colombian conflict}}

The DAS Building bombing was a truck bomb attack in Bogotá, Colombia, at 7:30 am on December 6, 1989, targeting the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) headquarters.

A truck parked near the building exploded, killing 57 people instantly and injuring 2,248.{{cite news|title=Señalan responsables de atentado al DAS|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-187246|access-date=October 31, 2019|newspaper=El Tiempo (Colombia)|date=August 2, 1994}}{{cite news|title=Colombia Cartels Tied To Bombing|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/08/world/colombia-cartels-tied-to-bombing.html|access-date=8 January 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=December 8, 1989}} The bomb blast, an estimated 500 kg of dynamite, destroyed 14 city blocks and destroyed more than 300 commercial properties. The last victim of the bombing died on April 27 1990. It was the deadliest car bomb attack in Latin America before being succeeded by the AMIA bombing 5 years later.{{cite news|title=Colombia Truck Bomb Kills 35, Many Injured in Blast|newspaper=Miami Herald|date=December 7, 1989}}

It is widely believed that the Medellín Cartel was responsible for the attack, in an attempt to assassinate DAS director Miguel Maza Márquez, who escaped unharmed. The same group was believed to be behind the bombing of Avianca Flight 203 9 days before.{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=December 20, 1994 |title=Drug Trafficker Convicted Of Blowing Up Jetliner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/20/nyregion/drug-trafficker-convicted-of-blowing-up-jetliner.html |access-date=26 November 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{Cite news |date=1995-05-05 |title=Man Who Bombed Avianca Flight Sentenced to Life |url=https://www.apnews.com/e6ed187c3137830e026c3e843677587a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031091202/https://www.apnews.com/e6ed187c3137830e026c3e843677587a |archive-date=2018-10-31 |access-date=2018-10-30 |work=Associated Press}}

The DAS building bombing was the last in the long series of attacks that targeted Colombian politicians, officials, and journalists in 1989, which started with the January 18 killing of 12 judicial officials in Simacota.{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/nacional/1989-ano-tener-memoria-articulo-469466 |title=1989: año para tener en la memoria|first=Marcela|last=Osoria Granados|newspaper=El Espectador|date=18 January 2014|access-date=8 January 2017}}