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Photo of Magistrate Urán, his wife, and their children in front of the Palace of Justice a few days before the Palace of Justice siege. Photo courtesy of Helena Urán.
Magistrate Urán, his wife, and their children in front of the Palace of Justice a few days before the Palace of Justice siege. Photo courtesy of Helena Urán.

Magistrate Carlos Horacio Urán Rojas

In 1985, Magistrate Urán was an Auxiliary Justice of the Council of State in Colombia, which was housed at the Palace of Justice. Magistrate Urán had completed three master’s degrees at the Sorbonne University in Paris. While serving as an Auxiliary Justice, Magistrate Urán was also pursuing his doctoral studies at the Sorbonne. He was married with four daughters.

Three of his daughters, Xiomara Urán, Mairée Urán Bidegain, and Helena Urán Bidegain have filed a lawsuit under the Torture Victim Protection Act for their father’s torture and extrajudicial killing during the Palace of Justice operations in November 1985.

Following Magistrate Urán’s death, his daughters and widow fled Colombia.

In 2020, Helena Urán Bidegain published Mi vida y el Palacio, her personal retelling of the 1985 siege on the Palace of Justice, and of Colombia before and after.

El magistrado Carlos Horacio Urán Rojas

En 1985, el magistrado Urán era Magistrado del Consejo de Estado de Colombia, que se encontraba en el Palacio de Justicia. El magistrado Urán había concluido tres maestrías en la Universidad de la Sorbonne en París. Mientras se desempeñaba como magistrado, el magistrado Urán también estaba cursando sus estudios de doctorado en la Sorbonne. Estaba casado y tenía cuatro hijas.

Tres de sus hijas, Xiomara Urán, Mairée Urán Bidegain y Helena Urán Bidegain, han presentado una demanda en virtud de la Ley de Protección de Víctimas de Tortura por la tortura y la ejecución extrajudicial de su padre durante las operaciones del Palacio de Justicia en noviembre de 1985.

Tras la muerte del magistrado Urán, sus hijas y su viuda huyeron de Colombia.

En 2020, Helena Urán Bidegain publicó Mi vida y el Palacio, su historia personal de la toma de 1985 del Palacio de Justicia, y de Colombia antes y después.

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