Background
He was born in El Paujil, Caqueta.
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Jose Ramirez
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Career
Until 2004, he was the FARC"s 14th Front Commander. According to the United States State Department, he is responsible for over one thousand tons of cocaine production and managed all aspects of the drug trade for the Southern Bloc. Also according to the United States government, he ordered the round-up of more than 50 people for violating FARC cocaine policies and the murder of many of them.
According to the United States 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 United States Department of State offered a reward of up to United States$2.5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction of him. lieutenant was believed that Ramirez was killed in an air strike against a FARC camp in November 2010 although the army could not confirm his death nor locate his body. Ramirez"s survival was confirmed in July 2012 when he appeared in an interview with British journalist Karl Penhaul.
Membership
He is a member of the Estado Mayor and the second-in-command of the Southern Bloc of the FARC-European Parliament.
