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Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez, known by his nom de guerre Cesar, was a Colombian guerrilla leader, member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). He was the commander of the Eastern Bloc's 1st Front. For 5 years he was in charge of the hostages, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. On July 2, 2008, the hostages were liberated in Operation Jaque and Cesar was arrested.
Ramirez was captured in July 2008 when members of the Colombian military, disguised as FARC rebels, freed former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three American hostages and twelve others.
The Colombian Supreme Court extradited Ramirez to the U.S. in July 2009 on narcotics conspiracy charges. On December 16, 2009, Ramirez pleaded guilty in a Washington, D.C. federal court to conspiring to import large quantities of cocaine into the U.S. As the commander of FARCs 1st front from 1998 to July 2008, Ramirez directed his subordinates to manufacture and distribute thousands of tons of cocaine which was later imported to the U.S.
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