Criminal Personalities Colombia

Colombia Personalities

Angel de Jesus Pacheco Chacy, alias 'Sebastian'
Colombian authorities have placed a $50,000 award for Angel de Jesús Pacheco, alias 'Sebastian,' and he is generally recognized as being responsible for a great deal of the mayhem that…
Rafael Alvarez Pineda, alias 'Chepe'
Rafael Alvarez Piñeda, alias 'Chepe,' remains an ally of another of the Paisas leaders Cesar A. Torres, even as other sub-lieutenants have chosen to break away from the Paisas in favor…
Cesar A. Torres Lujan, alias 'Mono Vides'
A former fighter for the Mineros Bloc in the United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia - AUC), Torres temporarily operated in the coca-rich mountains of the Bolívar…
Dario Antonio Usuga
Dario Antonio Usuga has a long and bloody history of working for various illegal armed groups in Colombia. He reportedly began his military career as a member of the now…
Juan de Dios Usuga, alias ‘Giovanni’
While under the command of Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias ‘Don Mario,’ Juan de Dios Usuga headed the organization’s military wing. After Rendon’s arrest, Usuga and his brother Dario Antonio took…
Jorge Briceño Suarez, alias 'Mono Jojoy'
Until his death in September 2010, Víctor Julio Suárez Rojas, alias 'Mono Jojoy,' was the top military commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC),…
Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero, alias 'Cuchillo'
Oliveiro began his criminal life working with Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, alias 'El Mejicano,' the former Medellín Cartel leader who financed numerous paramilitary groups in the 1980s before being killed in…
Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias 'Valenciano'
Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias 'Valenciano,' is a leader in the Oficina de Envigado criminal organization that operates in and around Medellín, Colombia, and has forged ties with international trafficking organizations…
Luciano Marin, alias 'Ivan Marquez'
Luciano Marín, alias 'Iván Márquez,' is a member of the Secretariat, or ruling council, of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC). He is considered…
Nicolas Rodriguez Bautista, alias 'Gabino'
Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista, alias 'Gabino', was a peasant recruit who has emerged to become the top leader of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberacion Nacional – ELN).
Erick Vargas Cardenas, alias 'Sebastian'
Erick Vargas Cardenas, alias "Sebastian," is a former hitman turned leader of the feared Oficina de Envigado organization that operates in and around Medellin, Colombia.
Eliecer Erlinto Chamorro, alias 'Antonio Garcia'
Eliécer Erlinto Chamorro, alias 'Antonio García,' is the number two commander in Colombia’s National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberacion Nacional – ELN) rebel group.
Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias 'El Loco'
Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias "El Loco," is the closest thing Colombia has to a present-day Pablo Escobar. He uses a vast network of collaborators, from former paramilitaries to leftist guerrillas,…
Diego Perez Henao, alias 'Diego Rastrojo'
Diego Pérez Henao, alias 'Diego Rastrojo,' is the head of security for the Rastrojos, a Colombian criminal syndicate whose reach stretches the length and width of the country.
Javier Antonio Calle Serna, alias 'El Doctor'
Javier Antonio Calle Serna, alias 'El Doctor,' is a leader in the feared and ambitious Rastrojos criminal organization in Colombia.
Guillermo Leon Saenz Vargas, alias 'Alfonso Cano'
Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, alias 'Alfonso Cano,' is the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC), the hemisphere’s oldest and deadliest insurgency.
Luis Enrique Calle Serna, alias 'Comba'
Luis Enrique Calle Serna, alias 'Comba', is the top leader of the Rastrojos, a group of former paramilitary hitmen turned drug trafficking organization in Colombia. Serna started as an assassin…