| LC control no. | n 88294341 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Marulanda Vélez, Manuel |
| Variant(s) | Vélez, Manuel Marulanda Marín, Pedro Antonio Marulanda, Manuel Tirofijo Tiro Fijo Fijo, Tiro |
| Birth date | 1930? |
| Death date | 2008-03-26 |
| Affiliation | Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia |
| Found in | Alape, A. Tirofijo : las vidas de Pedro Antonio Marín, Manuel Marulanda Vélez, 1989: p. 29 (Pedro Antonio Marín, conocido por Manuel Marulanda Vélez, b. May 12, 1928, according to his father, or May 1930, according to his own statement) flap of back cover (Tirofijo, o Manuel Marulanda, o Pedro Antonio Marín, un hombre que tiene muchos nombres y ha muerto muchas veces) Davis, R.H. Hist. dic. of Colombia, 1977 (Manuel Marulanda Vélez, leader of Marquetalia, autonomous guerrilla republic in Colombia, 1949-1964; nicknamed Tiro Fijo) New York times WWW site, May 27, 2008 (in obituary published May 26: Manuel Marulanda; b. Pedro Antonio Marín, Génova, 1928 or 1930 or 1932 (Marulanda acknowledged to Arturo Alape, his biographer, that he did not know his precise age); adopted the nom de guerre Manuel Marulanda Vélez in honor of a slain union leader; d. Mar. 26 in a mountainous hideout in the Meta department in central Colombia; believed to be 76 years old; guerrilla tactician whose rise from peasant origins to top commander of Latin America's largest rebel group (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)) was a mythical feature of Colombia's long internal war) Resistencia de un pueblo en armas, 2915- : tomo 1, title page (Manuel Marulanda) page 13 (Manuel Marulanda Vélez, Comandante en Jefe de las FARC-EP (1930-2008)) |
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