Bloque Mineros<\/a>, el cual inclu\u00eda a Rafael \u00c1lvarez Pi\u00f1eda, alias \u201cChepe\u201d. Con aproximadamente 80 seguidores, Mono Vides migr\u00f3 a Los Paisas, un grupo escindido de los paramilitares compuesto principalmente por exintegrantes del Bloque Mineros. As\u00ed, termin\u00f3 siendo el l\u00edder de facto de un grupo de unos 400 combatientes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nActividades criminales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Seg\u00fan informes, antes de su muerte, las autoridades ten\u00edan una \u00f3rden de captura en su contra por cargos de narcotr\u00e1fico y homicidio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geograf\u00eda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
El \u00e1rea de operaciones de Mono Vides era Taraz\u00e1, Bajo Cauca, en el departamento de Antioquia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aliados y enemigos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Los Paisas trabajan con el grupo criminal Los Rastrojos para coordinar los env\u00edos de drogas y son enemigos ac\u00e9rrimos de Los Urabe\u00f1os, aunque su nivel de poder actual no es muy claro. Es posible que Los Paisas tambi\u00e9n hayan colaborado con algunos frentes de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) en operaciones de narcotr\u00e1fico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perspectivas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mono Vides operaba en Taraz\u00e1, municipio ubicado en el Bajo Cauca antioque\u00f1o. Fue dado de baja por la polic\u00eda colombiana el 10 de octubre de 2010. Su muerte gener\u00f3 una mayor deserci\u00f3n de Los Paisas, quienes ya hab\u00edan sido debilitados sustancialmente.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cesar Augusto Torres Lujan fue un combatiente al servicio de las AUC conocido como \u0093Mono Vides\u0094. Adicionalmente, fue el comandante de la organizaci\u00f3n criminal Los Paisas, en el departamento de Antioquia. 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