Andres Almarales

Andrés Almarales Manga (c. 1935 – 7 November 1985) was one of the commanders of the 19th of April Movement (M-19) guerrilla group. He was a member of the Colombian Communist Party. He worked with the socialist groups under Antonio Garcia and with the United People's Front with the priest, Camilo Torres. Almarales received Haba guerrilla instruction in Cuba and communist countries of Europe.

Biography Almarales was a founder of the M-19 and representative to the camera from the Socialist Anapo. He participated in stealing weaponry from the North Corner and in terrorist activities in the south of the country. His group recruited guerrillas and supporters in the union sector. Captured in the municipality of Bolivar (Santander) in 1979, Almares was put under house arrest and found guilty by Picota. When he rejoined civilian life, he wrote works on syndicalism and shortly thereafter helped plan the capture of the Dominican Republic. Later, his crimes were pardoned during the government of Belisario Betancur.

Most well-known: he committed suicide in the Palace with the hostages. He was escorted by the military to the Florero House in Bogotá where he was tortured and assassinated in the Usaquén Escuela de Caballeria and secretly buried in the Palace with the others similarly killed.