Carlos Castaño Gil

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castaño and the second or maternal family name is Gil.
Carlos Castaño Gil
Born(1965-05-16)16 May 1965
Amalfi, Colombia
Died16 April 2004(2004-04-16) (aged 38)
San Pedro de Urabá, Colombia
AllegianceUnited Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Medellín Cartel (until late 1992)
RankBloc commander and United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia leader
UnitPeasant Self-Defenders of Córdoba and Urabá
ConflictsCold War/War on drugs
Spouses
Paula Restrepo
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(m. 1983; div. 1993)​
Kenia Gómez Toro
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(m. 1999)​
ChildrenLina Castaño Restrepo
Carlos (Jr.) Castaño Restrepo
Rosa María Castaño Toro.

Carlos Castaño Gil (15 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).

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