Fabián Ramírez

Jose Benito Cabrera Cuevas also known as Fabian Ramirez (born July 6, 1963 in El Paujil, Caqueta) is a Colombian guerrilla leader, member of the higher command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla.

Until 2004, he was the FARC 14th Front Commander. He is currently a member of the Estado Mayor and the Second-in-Command of the Southern Bloc of the FARC-EP. He is responsible for over 1000 tons of cocaine production and manages all aspects of the drug trade for the Southern Bloc. He ordered the round-up of more than 50 people for violating FARC cocaine policies and the murder of many of them.^[1] According to the US government, he participated in setting and implementing the FARC’s cocaine policies directing and controlling the production, manufacture, and distribution of hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States and the world; the "taxation" of the drug trade in Colombia to raise funds for the FARC; and the murder of hundreds of people who violated or interfered with the FARC’s cocaine policies. The US Department of State is offering a reward of up to US$2.5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of him.^[1]

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