Manuel Pérez
Male, Deceased Person
– 1998
Who was Manuel Pérez?
Manuel Pérez Martínez, also known as "El Cura Pérez", was leader of the Colombian National Liberation Army over three decades.
Born on May 9, 1943 in Alfamén, Spain, Pérez was originally a priest, and worked in Spain, France, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Following his expulsion from the Dominican Republic in 1968 he went to Colombia, and in 1969 joined the ELN. He became that group's leader some time in the 1970s and remained so until his death in 1998 from hepatitis B.
Pérez was considered an extremist; one former guerrilla described him as "rigid and brutal". His leadership is thought to have significantly affected the ELN's ideology and methods.
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