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Los Pepes, a name derived from the Spanish phrase Los Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar (English: Those Persecuted by Pablo Escobar), was a paramilitary group composed of enemies of Pablo Escobar. They waged a small-scale war against the Medellín Cartel in 1993, which ended the same year following the death of Escobar .
Dan Sayre Groesbeck (September 8, 1878 - August 29, 1950) was an American illustrator, muralist, and designer of "visualization sketches" in the pre-cinematic era. Life [ edit ]
Groesbeck was born in Kinderhook, New York, on July 24, 1815. [1] He was the son of John H. Groesbeck (1790–1862) and Mary (née Slocum) Groesbeck (1794–1854). The Groesbeck family was originally from Amsterdam. [2] William's sister, Margaret Groesbeck, was married to his wife's brother, Robert Wallace Burnet. [3]
Groesbeck, as a person, may refer to: Alex J. Groesbeck (1873–1953), American governor of Michigan (1921-1927) Herman V.S. Groesbeck (1849–1929), Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
Fidel Antonio Castaño Gil a.k.a. Rambo (August 8, 1951 – January 6, 1994) was a Colombian drug lord and paramilitary who was among the founders of Los Pepes and the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Cordoba and Uraba (ACCU), a paramilitary group which ultimately became a member of the larger United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) from which he became its leader until his death in 1994.
"Los Pepes" was a diminutive form of the phrase "Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar" (meaning: "[Those] Persecuted by Pablo Escobar"). The group was largely financed by the Cali Cartel and led by brothers Carlos and Fidel Castaño whom were right-wing paramilitary leading commanders that were actually once part of the Medellín Cartel.
Groesbeck's tomb, at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit. Groesbeck was later appointed chairman of the Michigan Civil Service Commission, and served from 1941 to 1944.Also in 1944, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention which nominated for U.S. president, Thomas Dewey, who would lose to the three-term President Franklin Roosevelt in the general election.
Groesbeck was founded as West Union. When the community established a post office in 1857 it was discovered there was already a West Union in Ohio and so the name was changed. [ 4 ] The new name was taken from the surname of William S. Groesbeck , a United States Representative from Ohio.