Along him, five others died, including two policemen, a young psychology student, a train worker and a councilman.
It was discovered that Roldan Betancur was not the main target of the assassination plot, that being Antioquian police commander Waldemar Franklin Quintero, who was killed one month later.
Jose Santa Cruz Londono, one of the Cali Cartel's main members, was arrested in connection with the murder's investigation.
Six years after his death, Roldan Betancur was remembered in a ceremony that was attended by then Antioquia governor Luis Perez Gutierrez and by future Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
He had two brothers, (Raul and Arturo Roman Betancur-the latter also a politician and representative and councilman) and a sister named Rosa.