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Wilver Villegas-Palomino

Crime · Wanted

Wilver Villegas-Palomino is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Wilver Villegas-Palomino · ويلفر فيليجاس بالومينو · 维尔韦·比列加斯-帕洛米诺				[sources]
Other name	Carlos El Puerco · El Puerco · Wilver Palomino · Wilver Villegas				[sources]
Birth date	1981-10-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Curumani, Colombia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Colombia				[sources]
Citizenship	Colombia				[sources]
Eye color	Brown				[sources]
First name	Wilver				[sources]
Hair color	Black				[sources]
Height	Approximately 5'7" to 5'9"				[sources]
Last name	Palomino · Villegas				[sources]
Weight	Approximately 190 pounds				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q117767258				[sources]
Ethnicity	White (Hispanic)				[sources]
Source link	www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-18	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2023-04-04

Descriptions

Wilver Villegas-Palomino is a ranking member of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and is wanted for drug-trafficking activities for the ELN Northeastern War Front in the Catatumbo region of Colombia and in Venezuela. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Villegas-Palomino in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, on February 13, 2020, after he was charged with narco-terrorism, international cocaine distribution conspiracy, and international cocaine distribution.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-01