Guillermo Leon Saenz Vargas, more commonly known by his nom de guerre Alfonso Cano, was the commander of the militant group known as Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
11 Facts About Alfonso Cano
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Alfonso Cano succeeded founder Manuel Marulanda in March 2008 and commanded the Marxist rebel group until being killed in action by the Colombian Army.
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Alfonso Cano was arrested by Colombian police directed by Rodrido Avendano, layer of the moment who carried an investigation because of communist suspicions.
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Alfonso Cano dropped out of university to join the group and devoted himself to political activism.
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Alfonso Cano was freed in 1983 as a result of the amnesty offered by the government of president Belisario Betancur.
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Alfonso Cano soon moved to the mountains to join the guerrilla soldiers, but instead of active combat he was sent to Casa Verde, the headquarters of the FARC commanders, in La Uribe, where he was recognized as an intellectual and as such was part of a number of peace dialogues with the government.
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Alfonso Cano was chief negotiator during failed peace talks in 1991 and 1992.
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Pastrana later said that Alfonso Cano never attended the peace talks.
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In 2000, Alfonso Cano founded and became the leader of the Clandestine Colombian Communist Party.
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On 26 March 2008, Manuel Marulanda Velez, the founder and leader of FARC, died of a heart attack and Alfonso Cano succeeded him as commander-in-chief.
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Alfonso Cano believed that the conflict was a class struggle, and that it should be the rich and multinational companies that should fund the war, encouraging blackmailing and kidnapping of politicians and the rich.