Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve

Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve (16 February 1916 – 2 October 1989) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who was a professed member of the Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal and served as the Bishop of Arauca from 1984 until his assassination.

He was titled as a Servant of God and his beatification was dependent on whether or not the cause could prove if Jaramillo was killed "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith).

Jaramillo became a member of the Xaverian Missionaries of Yaramul on 3 December 1944 after he had been ordained to the priesthood on the morning of 1 September 1940; his perpetual profession came later in February 1946.

Pope Paul VI – on 11 November 1970 – appointed him as the Vicar Apostolic of Arauca and as the Titular Bishop of Strumnitza which led to him receiving his episcopal consecration in 1971 from Angelo Palmas.

leftist rebels kidnapped and tortured him before killing him though his priest companion Jose Munoz Pareja was released prior to his murder unharmed.

His constant criticisms of the rebels' actions led them to decide on killing him as well as the fact that Jaramillo's mediation efforts were unacceptable to them since it was believed a Church-State deal would exclude them.

[7] The Cardinal Archbishop of Bogotá Mario Revollo Bravo told RCN Radio that there was "no explanation" for the killing that "caused profound pain".

[6] John Paul II sent an official telegram of condolence on 4 October expressing his "profound sorrow" over the assassination which he deemed to be the product of "unjustifiable violence".

Allegations of his direct involvement in widespread corruption and mismanagement of social funds (Pascol), obtained by ELN through a revolutionary tax on the oil pipeline construction company, and subsequently managed by Jaramillo and 2.

His overt support for a paramilitary group in Caño Jesús de Arauca, known as "Grupo Cívico Armado de Arauca" (Cruciagar) which has been held responsible for numerous decapitations, acid attacks and murders of local villagers, peasants, farmers and community activists, which Jaramillo hypocritically failed to condemn.

[10] In 2008 the Colombian government apprehended Carlos Marin Guarin who had ordered the bishop's killing due to Jaramillo's vocal opposition to the E.L.N.