Carmenza Cardona Londoño Explained

Death Date:	March/April
Allegiance:	19th of April Movement
Battles:	1980 Dominican Republic Embassy siege in Bogotá
Battles Label:	Actions

Carmenza Cardona Londoño aka La Chiqui (1953 – March/April, 1981) was a Colombian guerrilla fighter with the M-19.

Siege of the Dominican Embassy

See main article: 1980 Dominican Embassy siege in Bogotá. She participated in the 1980 Dominican Republic Embassy siege in Bogotá, as second in command, under the alias 'Norma'. She took part in early discussions with the Colombian Government along with one of the hostages, Mexican Ambassador Ricardo Galan.^[1]

Death

There are conflicting reports about Londoño's death. Some newspapers at the time list her as a POW handed over to the Colombian Army by Ecuadorian authorities in March 1981,^[2] after clashes near the town of Mocoa, in which case she would have died as a prisoner of the Colombian Army. Other news sources say she was killed in combat against the Army in Colombia's pacific coast region of Chocó in April of 1981.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. The San Francisco Examiner, March 9th, 1980
2. News: Ross . Timothy . 1981-03-19 . Colombian Guerrillas held after successful army counter-attack . 7 . The Guardian . 2023-08-01 . Newspapers.com.
3. News: 1981-04-30 . Killed In Colombian Rebel Clash . 12 . St. Louis Dispatch . UPI . 2023-08-01 . Newspaper.com.
4. Web site: 2015-01-10 . In Memoriam : Carmenza Cardona Londoño "Norma" . 2023-08-01 . es.