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Otty Patiño

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The theft of Bolívar's sword occurred on January 17, 1974, when forces of the 19th of April Movement broke into the Quinta de Bolívar outside Bogotá and successfully stole a sword and other relics belonging to Simón Bolívar. The objective of the heist was to symbolically announce the beginning of the M-19's insurgency in Colombia.

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