{"id":4902,"date":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=4902"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:15:20","slug":"jose-eberto-lopez-montero-caracho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/colombia-organized-crime-news\/jose-eberto-lopez-montero-caracho\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Eberto L\u00f3pez Montero, alias ‘Caracho’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jos\u00e9 Eberto L\u00f3pez Montero, alias \u201cCaracho\u201d, es un exsoldado que fue reclutado a las filas de las AUC como combatiente para la organizaci\u00f3n paramilitar en los Llanos Orientales. Posteriormente se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como l\u00edder del grupo sucesor paramilitar ERPAC, antes de entregarse al gobierno colombiano en 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Historia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Caracho conoci\u00f3 a su futuro aliado, Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero, alias \u201cCuchillo\u201d, cuando los dos eran mandos medios paramilitares en las Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC). El Bloque Centauros, el ej\u00e9rcito de Miguel Arroyave, un importante teniente de las AUC, se dividir\u00eda en dos facciones luego de que Cuchillo lo asesinara en 2004. Caracho se uni\u00f3 a una de estas facciones que luego ser\u00eda conocida como el Bloque H\u00e9roes del Llano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Este bloque se desmoviliz\u00f3 oficialmente en abril de 2006, y Caracho empez\u00f3 a trabajar junto a Cuchillo, a pesar de que el comandante del bloque, Manuel de Jes\u00fas Pirab\u00e1n, alias \u201cPirata\u201d, ten\u00eda una posici\u00f3n hostil frente al implacable Cuchillo. Pero esto no afecto su relaci\u00f3n, y cuando Cuchillo fund\u00f3 el Ej\u00e9rcito Revolucionario Popular Antisubversivo de Colombia (ERPAC), Caracho se uni\u00f3 a su bando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00e1pidamente se convertir\u00eda en el hombre de confianza de \u201cCuchillo\u201d. Se sospecha que Caracho es el hombre detr\u00e1s de dos intentos de asesinato \u2014en julio de 2009 y en marzo de 2010\u2014 en contra de V\u00edctor Carranza,  \u201cEl Zar de las Esmeraldas\u201d, lo que refleja la confianza que le ten\u00eda el l\u00edder del ERPAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luego de la muerte de Cuchillo en una redada de la polic\u00eda, Caracho hered\u00f3 el control total del ERPAC y comenz\u00f3 a manejar todas las operaciones del grupo en el norte del Guaviare, sur del Meta y en el municipio de Mapirip\u00e1n, en donde Cuchillo fue abatido, y donde se concentraba la mayor parte de su poder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En diciembre de 2011 Caracho negoci\u00f3 la desmovilizaci\u00f3n de 272 combatientes del ERPAC, incluyendo la suya. En 2013 fue sentenciado a seis a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actividades Criminales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

L\u00f3pez Montero coordinaba el env\u00edo de cargamentos de droga y el cobro de extorsiones a granjeros y peque\u00f1os negocios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geograf\u00eda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Caracho presuntamente pas\u00f3 gran parte de su carrera criminal en el ERPAC, en el departamento oriental del Vichada, coordinando cargamentos de droga a nombre de Daniel Barrera, alias \u201cEl Loco\u201d, un aliado cercano de Cuchillo. Tambi\u00e9n fue el responsable de recolectar el pago de las extorsiones o \u201cvacunas\u201d entregadas por los agricultores de coca y aceite de palma, ganaderos y todo tipo de peque\u00f1os negocios dentro de los territorios del ERPAC, como Mapirip\u00e1n y San Mart\u00edn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tras la muerte de Cuchillo, Caracho tom\u00f3 control de las operaciones del ERPAC en el sur del Meta y el norte de Guaviare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aliados y enemigos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Caracho fue v\u00edctima de varios intentos de asesinato. Trabaj\u00f3 con Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias \u201cEl Loco\u201d, en la log\u00edstica del env\u00edo de cargamentos de droga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perspectivas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Actualmente Caracho se encuentra pagando una pena de seis a\u00f1os de c\u00e1rcel tras ser encontrado culpable de narcotr\u00e1fico y actividades criminales agravadas en 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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