FiltrarHe was a member of JUCO and the National Union of Secondary School Students (UNES, in Spanish), when he left for the USSR. When he returned, he was promoted by the Colombian Communist Party to the FARC as a political quota in 1981. As part of the UP’s activities, he carried out organizational work in […]
He joined the FARC’s 19th Front in the late 1980s, where he rose to a leadership position. He was in charge of promoting political materials, having been the director of the Caribbean Bloc’s Voz de la Resistencia radio station. He was in the demilitarized zone in 2000 at the launch of the Bolivarian Movement. He […]
He was part of JUCO in Puerto Berrío and joined the 12th Front in 1981, where he remained until 1986 when he was sent as a quota to the Hernando González Acosta School. From there, he became part of Jacobo Arenas’s personal guard, where he received political education courses. While in that unit, he became […]
He belonged to the FARC-EP for 39 years, joined the Secretariat in 2001, and was responsible for urban commands. He participated at the Negotiation Table as a FARC-EP plenipotentiary. Formally recognized as a representative member of the FARC-EP for the peace talks through Resolution No. 305 of October 16, 2014. Member of the Technical Subcommittee […]
He joined the FARC in the mid-1970s. He became a member of the Central Command Structure (Estado Mayor Central), a member of the Secretariat, and head of the Caribbean Bloc. In 1986, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the department of Caquetá as an alternate (for the UP). He was named a […]
He studied social sciences at the Universidad Santiago de Cali. He served in the Colombian Communist Youth and joined the FARC in the 1970s. He was in charge of the guerrilla army’s relations with social movements and organizations in Mexico from 1993 to 2002. He attended the peace talks in El Caguán.
He joined the FARC in 1997 after serving in the Patriotic Union and running for the Frontino municipal council. He was a member of the International Commission of the guerrilla movement based in Costa Rica. He was in charge of the FARC’s external relations, which is why he is also known as “the FARC’s minister […]
He served in the Communist Party (1967), the Colombian Communist Youth organization (1968), and the M-19 in the mid-1970s. He joined the FARC in 1973 and was the leader of the 26th and 6th fronts. He supported Alfonso Cano in the peace negotiations in Arauca, Caracas (1991), and Tlaxcala (1992). In 2008, he joined the […]
As a young man, he served in the Colombian Communist Youth (JUCO, in Spanish), studied at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, and did further studies in intelligence and counterintelligence in Tito’s former Yugoslavia, where he also received military training. He joined the FARC in 1976 when the organization had less than 500 combatants. In 1993, […]
