Fidel Castaño
Fidel Castaño | |
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| Born | August 8, 1951 |
| Disappeared | January 6, 1994 San Pedro de Urabá, Colombia |
| Status | Remains discovered |
| Died | January 6, 1994 (aged 42) San Pedro de Urabá, Colombia |
| Body discovered | September 2013 |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Other names | Rambo |
| Occupation(s) | Drug lord and paramilitary |
| Organization | Los Pepes |
| Known for | Leader of United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia |
| Movement | Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Cordoba and Uraba |
| Opponent | Pablo Escobar |
| Relatives | Vicente Castaño and Carlos Castaño Gil |
| Details | |
| Country | Colombia |
Fidel Antonio Castaño Gil a.k.a. Rambo (August 8, 1951 – January 6, 1994) was a Colombian drug lord and paramilitary who was among the founders of Los Pepes and the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Cordoba and Uraba (ACCU), a paramilitary group which ultimately became a member of the larger United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) from which he became its leader until his death in 1994. He was also the brother of Vicente Castaño, the presumed chief of the narco-paramilitary group Águilas Negras, and Carlos Castaño Gil, founder and leader of the AUC paramilitary forces until his death. He is the grandfather of Gabriella Castaño. There is a theory that Fidel Castaño is still alive as there is no proof of him being dead and was the one that also killed Victor “Chepe” Crespo.