1980s/Assassinations

1980s/Assassinations (Assassination)
John Lennon's popularity and devotion to peace represented a challenge to the MICC. Officially, he was assassinated by a "screwball".

This list is of people who were specifically targeted. For people who may have been randomly murdered, see 1980s/Murders.

The assassinations of the 1980s.

 

Assassinated in the 1980s

Wikispooks page	Born	Died	Summary	Description
Jaime Roldós Aguilera	5 November 1940	24 May 1981	Politician	A leader of Ecuador determined to try to better the living conditions of the population. Assassinated by the CIA.
Gustavo Alverez	12 December 1937	25 January 1989	Soldier	CIA-connected Honduras army commander who led torture/death squads
Herbert Amry	21 March 1939	11 July 1985	Whistleblower Diplomat Iran-Contra/Premature death	Diplomat whistleblower who was killed in Iran/Contra affair
Galip Balkar	1936	11 March 1983	Diplomat	Assassinated by Armenians while Turkish Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Uwe Barschel	13 May 1944	11 October 1987	Politician Iran-Contra/Premature death	German politician with arms smuggling connections who died suddenly in what was ruled a suicide.
Robert Bradford	8 June 1941	14 November 1981	Politician	Northern Irish MP who was assassinated in 1981.
William Francis Buckley	30 May 1928	3 June 1985	Spook Soldier	CIA Station Chief in Beirut, captured by Hezbollah.
Manuel Buendía	24 May 1926	30 May 1984	Journalist
Kiki Camarena	26 July 1947	9 February 1985		Undercover DEA agent who was abducted, tortured and murdered on assignment in Mexico in 1985
Paul Castellano	26 June 1915	16 December 1985	Crime boss	"The Howard Hughes of the Mob"
Edward Cutolo	4 November 1931	26 May 1980	Whistleblower Spook Drug trafficker CIA/Drug trafficking/Premature death	A drug smuggler who named a lot of names about the CIA's drug trafficking, and who then died a sudden death, as did many of those he named.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle	5 December 1925	17 September 1980	Soldier Politician	Third generation "our son of a bitch"
Silme Domingo	25 January 1952	1 June 1981	Union organizer	Assassinated labor activist, probably killed on orders of Ferdinand Marcos
Cats Falck	11 July 1953	18 November 1984	Journalist	Swedish journalist found dead after investigation arms trade. Lacklustre police investigation of death.
Pat Finucane	1949	12 February 1989		Catholic Belfast solicitor killed by loyalist paramilitaries on 12 February 1989
Joseph Fontanet	9 February 1921	2 February 1980	Politician	Associate of Antoine Pinay. Assassinated in 1980.
Maurice Gibson	1 May 1913	25 April 1987	Judge	Judge killed by the IRA.
Frank Hegarty	28 August 1940	May 1986		IRA member recruited as British informer. Executed in 1986 with direct involvement of Martin McGuinness.
Alfred Herrhausen	30 January 1930	30 November 1989	Banker	Multi Bilderberg, Chairman of Deutsche Bank. Promoted the cancellation of unpayable debt. Assassinated in 1989 "in a military operation of a complexity without precedent"
Kim Jae-gyu	6 March 1926	24 May 1980	Spook	As head of the KCIA he assassinated his boss, the South Korean president, Park Chung-hee
Yoshio Kodama	18 February 1911	17 January 1984
John Lennon	9 October 1940	8 December 1980	Musician	World famous musician who came out firmly against war and spoke out about the "insane" behaviour of government leaders.
Allard Lowenstein	16 January 1929	14 March 1980	Politician JFK/Assassination/Premature death	US politician supportive of a reinvestigation of the RFK Assassination. Assassinated
Anton Lubowski	3 February 1952	12 September 1989	Activist Politician Lawyer	Namibian anti-apartheid activist assassinated by South Africa's Civil Cooperation Bureau
Samora Machel	29 September 1933	19 October 1986	Politician	Mozambican President probably killed by South Africa in 1976
John-Reier Martinsen	3 March 1955	1 February 1986	Activist
Daniel Morgan	3 November 1949	10 March 1987	Private investigator
Hilda Murrell	3 February 1906	23 March 1984	Spook Activist	A senior UK spook turned anti-nuclear activist assassinated in 1984 on the day she had notified friends that she had some sensitive papers she was seeking to publish... Blamed in 2006 on a 16 year old "lone nut"
Olof Palme	30 January 1927	28 February 1986		Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969, and two-term Prime Minister, until his assassination in 1986.
Haruo Remeliik	1 June 1933	30 June 1985	Politician	The 1st President of Palau, assassinated in 1985
Óscar Romero	15 August 1917	24 March 1980	Clergy	Spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture. Assassinated while giving mass.
Anwar Sadat	25 December 1918	6 October 1981		As a peace-making Egyptian leader, an obvious enemy of the MICC.
Thomas Sankara	21 December 1949	15 October 1987	Soldier	"Africa's Che Guevara"
Issam Sartawi	1935	10 April 1983	Diplomat Doctor
Barry Seal	16 July 1939	19 February 1986	Pilot Drug trafficker CIA/Drug trafficking/Premature death Clinton body count	An ace pilot and drug smuggler for the US deep state who knew too much.
Dulcie September	20 August 1935	29 March 1988	Diplomat Activist	ANC member, anti-apartheid activist, and political prisoner who went into exile in London. She was assassinated in Paris.
Michele Sindona	8 May 1920	22 March 1986	Banker Deep state actor	A financier and member of the Italian deep state
Fernand Spaak	8 August 1923	18 July 1981	Diplomat Lawyer	Second generation Belgian Bilderberger lawyer diplomat who was shot dead in 1981.
Omar Torrijos	13 February 1929	31 July 1981	Politician	Leader of Panama who refused to compromise the interests of the Panamanians. Assassinated
Gene Viernes	15 August 1951	1 June 1981	Trade unionist	US labor leader assassinated by Ferdinand Marcos, under surveillance by U.S. Naval Intelligence.
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	12 August 1924	17 August 1988	Soldier

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