President Gustavo Petro and the Gulf Clan’s negotiating team confirmed the death of José Gonzalo Sánchez Sánchez, alias Gonzalito, considered the second-in-command of the armed group, after Chiquito Malo.
Alias Gonzalito drowned in the municipality of Tierralta (Córdoba), according to the president and preliminary reports. The leader was traveling by boat to a temporary area where negotiations with the national government were to take place.
The identification and background of José Gonzalo Sánchez Sánchez, known as “Gonzalito,” reveal him to be one of the Gulf Clan’s main military strategists in northern Colombia.
His full name, José Gonzalo Sánchez Sánchez, and his date of birth, December 30, 1974, appear in intelligence records that place him as a central figure in the Roberto Vargas Gutiérrez (RVG) bloc.
