Non-fatal injuries ~1000 Start date December 6, 1989 | Suspected perpetrators Medellín Cartel Total number of deaths 52 | |
Target Administrative Department of Security (DAS) Similar Avianca Flight 203, 2003 El Nogal Club bombing, École Polytechnique massacre | ||
Das building bombing
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.
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A truck parked near the building exploded, killing 52 people and injuring about 1,000. The bomb blast, an estimated 500 kg of dynamite, leveled several city blocks and destroyed more than 300 commercial properties.
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 the previous month.
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.