Bloque Mineros<\/a> de las Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), luchando junto a C\u00e9sar Torres, alias \u201cMono Vides\u201d, bajo el mando de Ramiro Vanoy, alias \u201cCuco\u201d, que actualmente se encuentra encarcelado en Estados Unidos por narcotr\u00e1fico.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPero Chepe no se mantuvo fiel a su antiguo comandante, y al parecer plane\u00f3 el secuestro de cuatro de los hijos Cuco Vanoy en diciembre de 2008, por cuyo rescate se dice que obtuvo US$25 millones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pero por el otro lado, Chepe se mantuvo fiel a su alianza con Mono Vides, tambi\u00e9n comandante de Los Paisas, a\u00fan cuando algunos subcomandantes decidieron romper con el grupo a favor de alianzas con otras organizaciones. No obstante, despu\u00e9s de la muerte de Mono Vides a manos del ej\u00e9rcito en octubre de 2010, Chepe dej\u00f3 a Los Paisas para unirse a sus rivales, Los Urabe\u00f1os. \u00c9l y su compa\u00f1ero y jefe de Los Paisas, Germ\u00e1n Bustos Alarc\u00f3n, alias \u201cEl Puma\u201d, fueron reclutados por el jefe urabe\u00f1o, Roberto Vargas Guti\u00e9rrez, alias \u201cGavil\u00e1n\u201d \u2014tambi\u00e9n exmiembro del Bloque Mineros\u2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Como comandante de Los Urabe\u00f1os, se cree que Chepe trabaj\u00f3 en conjunto con sus antiguos enemigos de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), haciendo alianzas comerciales en el narcotr\u00e1fico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chepe fue capturado por la polic\u00eda colombiana el 25 de agosto de 2013 en su hacienda en C\u00e1ceres, en el Bajo Cauca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actividades criminales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Al parecer Chepe controlaba la extorsi\u00f3n de peque\u00f1os comerciantes y granjeros en la regi\u00f3n del Bajo Cauca, adem\u00e1s de controlar las rutas del narcotr\u00e1fico que pasaban por la regi\u00f3n y de movilizar coca\u00edna para Los Urabe\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geograf\u00eda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
El fort\u00edn de Chepe era Taraz\u00e1, en la regi\u00f3n del Bajo Cauca del departamento de Antioquia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aliados y enemigos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Cuando fue miembro de las AUC, Chepe era enemigo de las FARC. Pese a esto, despu\u00e9s de abandonar a Los Paisas por Los Urabe\u00f1os, comenz\u00f3 a trabajar con jefes de las FARC para facilitar las actividades del narcotr\u00e1fico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perspectivas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Chepe fue arrestado por las autoridades colombianas en 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Habiendose desmovilizado de las AUC en 2006, Rafael \u00c1lvarez Pi\u00f1eda, alias \u00abChepe\u00bb pas\u00f3 a dirigir Los Paisas, grupo paramilitar sucesor de las AUC, pero luego cambi\u00f3 de bando al grupo rival de Los Urabe\u00f1os. 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