Diana Turbay died on January 25, 1991 in a police operation in which she received a mortal gunshot wound to the back. On August 30, 1990 Diana went out with five other people, among whom were a cameraman, a German citizen and three journalists, who came to a ranch in Copacabana, Antioquia, where they were held by men under the command of Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín Cartel, who had set a trap for them.
The search went on for several days and there were a lot of theories that arose, until it was confirmed that she had been kidnapped by Escobar to put pressure on the then President, César Gaviria, to overturn the extradition agreement with the United States.
And now 20 years after her death her children do not forget her.
Miguel Uribe Turbay was five years old when his mother was murdered. He still today remembers when his father woke him up to tell him his mother had been killed. “The last time I saw her she was going to what was supposed to be an interview with Father Pérez; when she said goodbye she lifted me up and gave me a kiss.”
María Carolina Hoyos, the journalist’s daughter, says she has the fondest memories of her mother. “She was very intelligent, sharp, a good friend to her friends and above all she had something that marked my life, a great sense of family, she was a loving, tender mother.”
