Pablo Catatumbo | |
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Senator of Colombia | |
Assumed office 20 July 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cali, Colombia | 19 March 1953
Political party | FARC |
Profession | Politician |
Pablo Catatumbo Torres Victoria (né Jorge Torres Victoria, born 19 March 1953) is a Colombian politician. A former guerrilla leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), he was part of their secretariat, FARC's higher command.[1] Catatumbo took command of several FARC fronts in Chocó and Valle del Cauca in the 1990s, after which they grew in size and became strong enough to fight the paramilitary group AUC in the region.[2]