Galándeclared himself an enemy of the dangerous and influential Colombian Soacha, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cundinamarca_Department At the time, he was comfortably leading in the polls for the forthcoming 1990presidential election. The investigation into his assassination remainspartially unsolved. drug cartels, mainly the MedellínCartel led by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Escobar (who had been part of his New Liberalism Movement) and GonzaloRodríguez aka "El Mexicano," that were corruptingColombian society at all levels. Galán supported an extradition treaty with theU.S. Afterreceiving several death threats, on August 18, 1989, Galán was shot to death byhitmen hired by the drug cartels during a public demonstration in the town of