# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vicente-castano
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:28:13.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vicente-castano"
name: "Vicente Castaño"
slug: "vicente-castano"
description: "José Vicente Castaño Gil, also known as El Profe, is a former leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing Colombian paramilitary organization. After demobilizing, he was accused of murdering his brother and former AUC leader Carlos Castaño and of narcotics trafficking by both the Colombian government and the government of the United States. In August 2004, the United States formally requested his extradition. Castaño remains, however, a fugitive and is the presumed chief of the criminal organization Águilas Negras made up of former AUC paramilitary members."
tagline: "Colombian drug trafficker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vicente_Casta%C3%B1o.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1957-07-02"
deathDate: "2007"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.81
  momentum:             3.15837191678881
  historical:           7.161301333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Casta%C3%B1o_Gil"
    title: "Vicente Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "فيسنتي كاستانيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Casta%C3%B1o_Gil"
    title: "Vicente Castaño Gil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Casta%C3%B1o"
    title: "Vicente Castaño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Casta%C3%B1o"
    title: "Vicente Castaño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Casta%C3%B1o"
    title: "Vicente Castaño"
    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%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5"
    title: "Кастаньо, Висенте"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7925131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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