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Castaño (other)
Castaño is a Spanish surname meaning "auburn". *Carlos Castaño Gil (1965–2004), founder of the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), an extreme right paramilitary organization in Colombia *Carlos Castaño Panadero (born 1979), Spanish cyclist *Catalina Castaño (born 1979), Colombian tennis player *Cecilia Castaño (born 1953), Spanish academic *Cristina Castaño (born 1978), Spanish actress *Daniel Fernández del Castaño (born 1979), Argentine model *Diego Castaño (born 1979), Argentine footballer *Dolly Montoya Castaño (born 1948), Colombian professor and scientist *Castaño (footballer), Eliodoro Castaño Pedrosa (1933–2019), Moroccan-born Spanish footballer *Enrique Castaño (born 1993), Spanish footballer *Ezequiel Castaño (born 1981), Argentine actor *Fidel Castaño, right-wing Colombian drug lord and paramilitary leader *Francisco Castaño (born 1972), Spanish footballer *Francisco Sans Castaño (1868–1937), Spanish painter and engraver *Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Castaño Gil
Carlos Castaño Gil (16 May 1965 – 16 April 2004) was a Colombian paramilitary leader who was a founder of the Peasant Self-Defenders of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), a far-right paramilitary organisation in Colombia and a former member of the Medellin Cartel. Castaño and his brothers Fidel and Vicente founded the ACCU (and its previous incarnations) after their father was kidnapped and killed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in association with other enemies or victims of the guerrillas. The ACCU later became one of the founding members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). First years Carlos Castaño Gil was the youngest son of the family Castaño Gil, a rich landowner who would have been close to the Alianza Americana Anticomunista. Like his brothers, he experienced firsthand the murder of his father. Led by FARC Guerrilla, at 16 years old, he was determined to take up arms against FARC In revenge of his father's murder. He became a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |