Miguel Botache Santillana, better known as “Gentil Duarte,” was Colombia’s most wanted criminal until his death in May 2022.
Colombia Personalities
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Hernán Darío Velásquez, alias “El Paisa,” was a top former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the pioneer in industrial-scale cocaine trafficking.
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For some two decades, Luis Agustin Caicedo Velandia, alias “Don Lucho,” is alleged to have played a significant role in trafficking drugs out of Colombia’s prized Eastern Plains region.
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Eliecer Erlinto Chamorro, alias “Antonio Garcia,” is the number two commander in Colombias National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group.
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Seuxis Pausías Hernández Solarte, alias “Jesús Santrich,” was a senior former FARC commander who participated in that guerrilla group’s demobilization process before taking up arms again in 2019 to form …
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Colombia
José Bayron Piedrahita Ceballos, alias ‘El Árabe,’ or the ‘Patron de Caucasia’
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerJosé Bayron Piedrahita Ceballos is presumed to be one of the biggest drug lords in Colombia. During his criminal career spanning more than 20 years, Piedrahita managed to stay out …
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Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista, alias “Gabino,” was a peasant recruit who rose to become the commander in chief and political leader of Colombia guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (Ejército de …
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Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias “El Loco,” was the closest thing Colombia has to a modern Pablo Escobar. Until his capture in 2012, he used a vast network of collaborators, from former …
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José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias “Zarco Aldinever,” served with the 51st, 52nd, and 26th fronts, in the departments of Meta, Cundinamarca and Boyacá and became one of the top commanders …