The assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the 9th April, 1948, one of the most popular political leaders in Colombia, and most probable candidate to win the 1950 presidential elections, provoked a social uprising, called el Bogotazo. Political violence in Colombia came before this incident, but Gaitán's death and the following government by Laureano Gómez, escalated the violence into a period so called: La Violencia. After this, liberal guerrillas became communist, and Colombia is still suffering from those events.