1. Jacobo Arenas was a Colombian guerrilla leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
10 Facts About Jacobo Arenas
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Jacobo Arenas' was an influential figure in FARC and their operations.
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One of the leaders of the Seventh Guerilla Conference, Jacobo Arenas put forward his plan for FARC to take control of the Colombian government.
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Jacobo Arenas's plan was to mobilize FARC members to grow support within the Colombian cities for politicians that were sympathetic to FARC or furthered their political agenda.
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Jacobo Arenas believed that this city based strategy would be a catalyst to create the conditions for revolution.
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Jacobo Arenas strategy shifted to more aggressive tactics that involved surrounding and sieging cities and actively engaging with enemies.
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Jacobo Arenas died on 10 August 1990, possibly due to cancer, but perhaps due to diabetes or an ulcer, or even assassinated by a vindictive comrade.
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The death of Jacobo Arenas was never completely replaced as the ideological leader of FARC which caused FARC to lose much of their political goals.
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Jacobo Arenas' son, known as Francisco Jacobo Arenas, continued to serve in the FARC after his father's death.
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Jacobo Arenas eventually led the Jacobo Arenas Front mobile column, named in honor of his father.