Diego C. Asencio

Diego Cortes Asencio (July 15, 1931 – October 6, 2020) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Colombia (1977–1980) and United States Ambassador to Brazil (1983–86). He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.

In 1980 Asencio was – along with a dozen other diplomats – held hostage for 61 days when members of the guerrilla group 19th of April Movement (M-19), led by Rosemberg Pabón, seized the Dominican Republic's embassy in Bogotá.

Books

 * Diego Asencio (1983), Our Man Is Inside, Little Brown, ISBN 978-0-316-05294-8