Chango or El Chango may refer to:
People
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José de Jesús Méndez Vargas
José de Jesús Méndez Vargas (born 28 February 1974), commonly referred to by his alias El Chango ("The Ape"), is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the now disbanded La Familia drug cartel, headquartered in the state of Michoacán.
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(born 1974), nickname El Chango, alleged Mexican drug cartel leader
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Chango Spasiuk
Horacio ''"''Chango''"'' Spasiuk (born September 23, 1968 in Apóstoles, Misiones) is an Argentine chamamé musician and accordion player.
Spasiuk's grandparents are Ukrainian, and he had a strong Polka music influence from his early days. Easte ...
(born 1968), Argentine chamamé musician and accordion player
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Juan Carlos Cárdenas
Juan Carlos Cárdenas (25 July 1945 – 30 March 2022) was an Argentine football player and coach. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Mexico as well as playing for the Argentina national team. He was known by the nickname "El Chan ...
(born 1945), nickname El Chango, Argentine footballer and coach
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Héctor Icazuriaga
Héctor Icazuriaga (born 9 January 1955) is the former Secretary of Intelligence of Argentina who served from 2004 until 2014.
Icazuriaga was born in Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires Province to Basque Argentine parents (his Basque descent inspired his ni ...
(born 1955), nickname El Chango, Secretary of Intelligence of Argentina
Arts and entertainment
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Chango Family
La Chango Family is a Montreal, Quebec based band that plays a mixture of reggae, ska, funk, and other genres of music, which is often called world music.
The band was formed in 2000 by singer/author/composer Lundo (Xavier Vacher) Chango after th ...
, a band based in Ontario, Canada
* "Chango", a song by Devo off of ''
Hardcore Devo: Volume Two''
* El Chango de los Dos Plátanos, a track on the 2003 Panda album ''La Revancha Del Príncipe Charro''
Other
* Chango (company), a Toronto/NYC based ad retargeting and online media planning company
* Chango people, a tribe of native South Americans who inhabited the coast of Peru and Chile
* Changó, thunder god in Yoruba mythology
* Chang-o, Moon goddess in Chinese mythology
* Sangu language (Gabon), a language spoken by the Masangu people of Gabon
See also
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* Changgo, a Korean musical instrument
* Csángó, a Hungarian minority in Romania
* Monkey (disambiguation), Spanish for
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