Background
Diego was the son of Alejandro Echavarria Isaza, originally from Ana Barbosa and Josefa Euse Masses.
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Diego Misas
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At 16 he was sent to Germany, where he attended high school in the Paedagogium in Bad Godesberg, near Bonn.
Career
Thereafter, he traveled through various parts of Europe, visiting regularly to Medellin, where he initially worked with his father. He settled in Paris. Subsequently moved to Medellín bought a house, a place where artworks installed. The last thing I did was create a Library.
The day before the kidnapping, commissioned by Pablo Escobar, led many books to that building, was made to catalog and satisfied with the results that would occur in the municipality.
He was killed on September 19, 1971 by the author of his abduction Pablo Escobar.
Achievements
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Later he married the German Benedikta Zur Nieden, and decided to settle in Itagüí. In 1970 he donated a large batch of home in Itagüí to build a school in the neighborhood of Santa Ana, who called Isolda Echavarria in memory of Diego"s only daughter, died in the United States where he attended his university studies because of a rare disease. With the heritage of his family, Diego created a Foundation for Education and Charitable Works, built the residence Isolda Echavarria in the Pedregal neighborhood. Center that provides practical education and medical care to people living nearby. Almost daily up to monitor the work of the construction and later operation.
