She is Jahel Quiroga, a woman, who in the 80s, lived through the most terrifying persecution on account of her ideals and still does not know how she miraculously escaped an assassination attempt.
—Jahel Quiroga. Victim of the Patriotic Union genocide—
"Unfortunately, they murdered my secretary instead of me."
Jahel was part of the Patriotic Union, a Left Party founded in 1985, which was created as an integrated political proposal by various guerilla groups and members of other communities.
—Jahel Quiroga—
"It was going to be the means to end all of the internal armed conflicts, at least with the Farc guerillas, and they were incorporated into civilian life with all other sectors that were in the Patriotic Union."
But this desire for peace became the most cruel, brutal and systematic persecution of its members.
