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El gráfico muestra ataques históricos contra presidentes y candidatos a la presidencia de Estados Unidos.
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Ataques históricos contra presidentes y candidatos de EUA

By Ninian Carter

September 16, 2024 - La historia política de EUA está salpicada con incidentes, en ocasiones
exitosos, de intentos de asesinato contra presidentes o candidatos.

The apparent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump in July and September 2024, are only the most recent acts of political violence that have shaped U.S. history:

Sep 2024: Donald Trump
West Palm Beach, Florida
Ryan Routh lays in wait to shoot Trump but is spotted by Secret Service and apprehended.

Jul 2024: Donald Trump
Butler, Pennsylvania
Thomas Crooks shoots Trump in ear at rally, before being killed by Secret Service.

Jun 2016: Donald Trump
Las Vegas, Nevada
Michael Sandford tries to grab gun from police officer and kill Trump at rally.

Mar 1981: Ronald Reagan
Washington DC
John Hinckley Jr. fires six shots at Reagan, hitting him and three others – they survive.

Sep 1975: Gerald Ford
San Francisco, California
Sara Moore opens fires on Ford with revolver, just missing his head.

Sep 1975: Gerald Ford
Sacramento, California
Lynette Fromme, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, tries and fails to shoot Ford.

Jun 1968: Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles, California
Sirhan Sirhan shoots and kills Kennedy as he campaigns in Democratic primaries.

Nov 1963: John F. Kennedy
Dallas, Texas
Lee Harvey Oswald shoots and kills president in his motorcade – murdered two days later.

Oct 1912: Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
John Schrank shoots former president who is saved by bullet hitting his speech notes and metal glasses case.

Sep 1901: William McKinley
Buffalo, New York
Leon Czolgosz shoots president who later dies. Theodore Roosevelt ascends to presidency.

Jul 1881: James Garfield
Washington DC
Charles Guiteau shoots president, who dies of his wounds two months later.

Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln
Washington DC
John Wilkes Booth shoots and kills president – himself later killed after two-week manhunt.

Sources
PUBLISHED: 16/09/2024; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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