Tomás Medina Caracas, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Tomás Medina Caracas

Colombian geurilla

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1965

Date of Death: 01-Sep-2007

Profession: resistance fighter, drug trafficker

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Tomás Medina Caracas also known as Tomás Molina Caracas and Negro Acacio (March 15, 1965 – September 1, 2007) was a Colombian guerrilla member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) considered by Colombian authorities the man in charge of the illegal drug trade business and the head of the Eastern Bloc's 16th Front of this rebel group.
He gained notoriety during the FARC-Government peace process (1999-2002) acting as a negotiator.
He was also known for being the associate of Brazilian drug dealer Fernandinho Beiramar and for participating in an illegal arms deal of 10,000 AK-47s for the FARC through the Peruvian government official Vladimiro Montesinos, an adviser of former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori.
Medina Caracas was killed on September 1, 2007 in a Colombian Army military operation in eastern Colombia within the municipality of Cumaribo near the border with Venezuela.Medina Caracas had between 17 and 23 legal processes pending with the Attorney General of Colombia, requesting his capture and a red corner notice issued by the INTERPOL.
The Colombian Army spent two years searching for Medina Caracas, with him escaping from most of the operations carried out to find him.
Just in Colombia, Medina Caracas was charged with narcotrafficking, delinquency, kidnapping, torture, first degree murder, terrorism, extortion and robbery.