Diana Consuelo Turbay Quintero (March 9, 1950 – January 25, 1991) was a Colombian journalist kidnapped by the Medellín Cartel and killed during a botched rescue attempt. Her story has been portrayed in a non-fiction book by Gabriel García Márquez and onscreen.
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| Born | Diana Consuelo Turbay Quintero March 9, 1950 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Died | January 25, 1991 (aged 40) Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Luis Francisco Hoyos Villegas (divorced) Miguel Uribe Londoño |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Julio César Turbay Ayala Nydia Quintero Turbay |
| Relatives | Julio César Turbay Quintero (brother) Claudia Turbay Quintero (sister) |
Early years
editDiana Turbay was born on March 9, 1950, in Bogotá to Julio César Turbay Ayala,[1] who would later be the 25th president of the Republic of Colombia (1978–1982) and Nydia Quintero Turbay. Her father was her mother's maternal uncle. The Turbay family were originally from Lebanon and her family still belong to, and frequent, the Club Colombo Libanés, a private social club in Bogotá for prominent Lebanese-Colombians.[2][3]
Kidnapping and death
editTurbay was kidnapped on August 30, 1990, when she was tricked into going to a supposed interview with a guerrilla leader, the Spanish priest Manuel Pérez Martínez, alias El Cura Pérez (The Priest Pérez). Turbay had been contacted by phone by an unidentified man. Later, a police investigation determined that the man belonged to Los Priscos, a criminal band, and had been hired by Pablo Escobar.[4]
The latter's aim was to kidnap as many politicians and journalists as possible, to prevent Colombian legislators from approving an extradition treaty with the United States. Additional victims of this strategy were Francisco Santos Calderón and Maruja Pachón.[5]
Turbay was kept at Copacabana, Antioquia, with her cameraman Richard Becerra. She died on January 25, 1991, during a botched rescue operation launched by the police without authorization from the family. The cause of death was a bullet in her back, which partially destroyed her liver and left kidney. Becerra was rescued unharmed.[4]
Family
editTurbay was survived by her two children, María Carolina Hoyos Turbay (born 1972) and Miguel Uribe Turbay (born 1986), and her husband, Miguel Uribe Londoño.[citation needed]
In popular culture
editLiterature
editThe story of Turbay's abduction is recounted in Gabriel Garcia Márquez's non-fiction book, News of a Kidnapping (1996).[5][6]
Television
editTurbay is portrayed by actress Liesel Potdevin in the TV series Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (2012).
Turbay is portrayed by Gabriela de la Garza in the Netflix Original Series Narcos (2015).
Turbay is portrayed by Majida Issa in the Amazon Prime Videoseries Noticia de un Secuestro (2022).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Obituarios: Julio César Turbay Ayala, ex presidente de Colombia". El Mundo (in Spanish). September 15, 2005.
- ^ "Diana Consuelo Turbay Quintero". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ "Family tree of Diana Consuelo Turbay Quintero". Geneanet. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ a b "Hoy Se Cumplen 15 Años Del Asesinato De La Periodista Diana Turbay" (in Spanish). Las Voces Del Secuestro. January 25, 2006. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008.
- ^ a b Stone, Robert (June 15, 1997). "The Autumn of the Drug Lord". The New York Times.
- ^ García Márquez, Gabriel (1997). News of a Kidnapping. Grossman, Edith (Translator. New York: Albert A. Knopf.