Editing 19th of April Movement (section)

===Dominican Republic embassy siege===
{{main|1980 Dominican Republic Embassy siege in Bogotá}}

The group is also recognized for other high-profile activities, such as the [[Dominican embassy siege]]. The guerrillas stormed the [[Dominican Republic]]'s embassy during a cocktail party on 27 February 1980. They took the largest recorded number of diplomats held hostage to date in Colombia, which accounted for 14 ambassadors, including the United States'. Eventually, after tense negotiations with the government of [[Julio César Turbay Ayala]], the hostages were peacefully released and the hostage takers were allowed to leave the country for exile in Cuba. Some of them later returned and actively rejoined the M-19's activities. Many contemporary rumors and later accounts from the participants in this event have suggested that the Colombian government might have submitted to another of the M-19 demands, by allegedly giving the group 1 to 2.5 million U.S. dollars in exchange for the release of the hostages.