Career
Catatumbo took command of several FARC-European Parliament 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. The United States government accuses Torres-Victoria of arranging cocaine distribution routes, participating 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 Europe. 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 is offering a reward up to United States$2.5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction. The Colombian Communist Youth organization invited him to take part in a course located in the outskirts of Moscow in a Soviet Union institute dedicated to the teaching of Marxist–Leninist ideology.
The Colombian delegation included Guillermo León Saénz, alias Alfonso Cano and Leonardo Posada. His first action was seen in 1973 during the taking of Colombia (Huila).
In 1976 he was named head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 26th Front and in 1979 he became the leader of the 6th Front.
He was a spokesmen during the 1992 peace talks in Tlaxcala, Mexico. He is currently the spokesman for the FARC in their peace negotiations with the Colombian government in Havana, Cuba.