Fabio Vásquez Castaño (1940 – 10 December 2019) was a Colombian rebel and

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who was trained by

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regime during the 1960s. He was born in Calarcá, Quindío, and was one of the original founders of the Colombian guerrilla group ELN. The ELN movement began in 1964 when a group of students, inspired by

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and led by Fabio Vásquez, returned from their training in

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. Vázquez Castaño died on 10 December 2019 in

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at the age of 79. Following the death of Vásquez, the ELN was led by a series of priests until the emergence of its present leader, Antonio García.

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