# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlos-castano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:05.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlos-castano"
name: "Carlos Castaño"
slug: "carlos-castano"
description: "Carlos Castaño Gil was a Colombian paramilitary leader who was a founder of the Peasant Self-Defenders of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), a far-right paramilitary organisation in Colombia and a former member of the Medellin Cartel. Castaño and his brothers Fidel and Vicente founded the ACCU after their father was kidnapped and killed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in association with other enemies or victims of the guerrillas. The ACCU later became one of the founding members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)."
tagline: "Colombian paramilitary and assassin (1965-2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Carlos-Casta%C3%B1o.jpg/330px-Carlos-Casta%C3%B1o.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1965-05-16"
deathDate: "2004-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.40493466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Carlos Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كارلوس كاستانيو جيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlos_Kastanyo_Xil"
    title: "Karlos Kastanyo Xil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Casta%C3%B1o_Gil"
    title: "Carlos Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Casta%C3%B1o_Gil"
    title: "Carlos Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Casta%C3%B1o_Gil"
    title: "Carlos Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Casta%C3%B1o_Gil"
    title: "Carlos Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Casta%C3%B1o"
    title: "Carlos Castaño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%B8_%D4%BD%D5%AB%D5%AC"
    title: "Կառլոս Կաստանյո Խիլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB"
    title: "カルロス・カスターニョ・ヒル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Casta%C3%B1o_Gil"
    title: "Carlos Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Кастаньо, Карлос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump