Antonio García nom de guerre of Eliécer Erlington Chamorro Acosta (born 10 January 1956 in Mocoa

Mocoa

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, Putumayo Department

Putumayo Department

Putumayo is a department of Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.The word putumayo comes from the Quechua language. The verb putuy means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and mayo is a variant of mayu, meaning river...

), one of the main commanders of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (usually abbreviated to ELN), or National Liberation Army

National Liberation Army (Colombia)

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.

The ELN is a revolution

Revolution

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ary, Marxist, insurgent

Insurgency

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 guerrilla

Guerrilla warfare

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 group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia

Colombia

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 since 1966. Less known than the FARC

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

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, it is estimated to be smaller, having between 3,500 to 5,000 men in arms.

It is said that Jacobo Arenas

Jacobo Arenas

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 (the "nom de guerre" of Luis Morantes), a founder and ideological leader of the FARC-EP, was seen as hero by the García, who once stated in an interview to a Latin American journalist that he considered Arenas to be a hero, just as he considered Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

, José Martí

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 and Che Guevara

Che Guevara

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 to be heroes.

On May 26, 2008 Ecuadorean and Colombian media reported the arrest of García in Ecuador. The Ecuadorean military said they "probably" did have him in custody, but needed to do more investigation to be sure. The arrest proved to be a mistake. The arrested guerrilla was identified as Willington Claro Arévalo, alias 'Antonio'.