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Yovanna Guzmán; a model and beauty queen who was unaware that Varela was a druglord and who tricked her with a false name pretending to be a cattle rancher. Varela would later become obsessed with her until it was revealed that the drug lord had ordered his hitmen to shoot her in the spine because of a betrayal, but leaving her wounded in one of her legs.
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It is known about his family, a sister lives in
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Roldanillo, Valle del Cauca, on November 6, 1957. Varela was a country man of humble extraction who did not like to show off, had few manners and was extremely rude. He was known to be a cold-blooded killer. His nickname was due to the coincidence with a well-known brand of laundry
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278:'La Fiera', he carried out several murders, especially of 4 brothers of Pacho Herrera including 'El Inválido' in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as well as being his personal friend. The rest of the clan was forced to leave Colombia and were expropriated of their possessions by Varela.
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Eastern District of New York indicted Varela on Drug Trafficking Charges. The United States Department of State offered a reward of up to $ 5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Varela.
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Varela also maintained his business with criminal networks in Mexico with different cartels in that country (mainly with Cartel de Juárez and El Cartel de los Beltrán Leyva). In fact, it is speculated that he was a close friend of
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358:, in Venezuela. On January 30, 2008, Venezuelan authorities confirmed his death after analyzing his fingerprints. According to subsequent investigations, Varela was finally killed by his lieutenants Javier Antonio Calle Serna
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Alfonso Ocampo Fómeque 'El Tocayo' (The Namesake), half-brother of his partner
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Herrera in Palmira prison and the subsequent murder of Henao in retaliation by José Manuel Henao 'El Inválido' (The crippled).
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