Jaime Garzón was assassinated on the streets of Bogotá 20 years ago today. Here we remember Colombia’s best-loved – and deeply missed – comedian.
If you’re new to Colombia, you might not have heard of Jaime Garzón, but you’ve surely seen his face: a bespectacled, goofy, visage that graces many of Bogotá’s walls in the form of popular graffiti, sometimes with his signature phrase ‘Pais de Mierda’ – ‘Shit Country’ – scrawled nearby.
