Luis Alberto Moore
Luis Alberto Moore Perea (born September 1, 1959 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a General of the Colombian National Police. On December 7, 2006 became the first Afro-Colombian to reach the grade of Colombian National Police officer rank insignia, brigadier general in the Colombian National Police,"Luis Alberto Moore hace historia al ser el primer general negro de Colombia"
''Revista Semana'' www.semana.com - Accessed December 8, 2006 and assumed command of the Cali Police Department.

Early years

Before becoming a policeman, Moore studied medicine in the Pontifical Xavierian University and dropped out after a friend convinced him to join the National Police.

National Police service

In 1975, when he was 17 years old, and without te ...
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Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ...
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