Alfonso Cano

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Alfonso Cano
Birth name	Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas
Nickname(s)	Alfonso
Born	(1948-07-22)22 July 1948 Bogotá, Colombia
Died	4 November 2011(2011-11-04) (aged 63) Suárez, Cauca, Colombia
Allegiance	FARC
Rank	Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Commands	Western Bloc
Battles / wars	Colombian armed conflict

Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas (22 July 1948 – 4 November 2011),^[1] more commonly known by his nom de guerre Alfonso Cano, was the commander of the militant group known as Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC). He succeeded founder Manuel Marulanda (alias Sureshot, in Spanish: Tirofijo) in March 2008 and commanded the Marxist rebel group until being killed in action by the Colombian Army.