In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montoya and the second or maternal family name is Uribe.
Mario Montoya Uribe
Uribe in 2008
Born
(1949-04-29) 29 April 1949 (age 75) Buga, Valle del Cauca
Allegiance
Colombia
Service/branch
Army
Rank
General
Commands held
Company Commander at the Military School of Cadets
No. 5 Cavalry Group Commander (Cúcuta, N.S.)
No. 4 Intelligence Battalion (Villavicencio, Meta)
Cavalry School Director
Operative Command No. 9 Commander (Bagre, Antioquia)
18th Brigade Commander, (Arauca).
Commander of the Caribbean Joint Command
Army Intelligence Director
Joint Task Force of the South Commander
Fourth Brigade Commander
First Division Commander
Battles/wars
Colombian Armed Conflict
Awards
Order of the Libertadores "Cruz de Boyacá"
Distinguished Services in Public Order for first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth time.
Order to the Military Merit Gral. Antonio Nariño, in the Officer and Commander categories
Distinguished services from the Marine Corps
Order to the Military Merit Admiral Padilla
Order to the Aeronautical Military Merit Order to the Military Merit from the Lancer’s School
United States of America Army Medal
Order from the Chamber of Representatives
Distinguished services to the National Police for first and second time
Distinguished services to the Military School
Distinguished services to the National Police in the category of Commander for second time
Medal from the Non Commissioned Officer’s School
Medal from the Military School of cadets
Order from the Congress
Service Badges for 15, 20,25 and 30 years
Mario Montoya Uribe (born 29 April 1949) is a former Colombian military General and Commander of the Colombian National Army (Spanish: Ejército Nacional de Colombia) until his resignation on November 4, 2008 following the 'false positives' scandal involving the deaths of 11 civilians at the hands of the military.[1] Montoya holds a graduate title in Top management from the Los Andes University (Colombia). He has trained in armored vehicles courses in Fort Knox, Kentucky and served as the Army, Navy and Air Attaché in the Colombian Embassy at the United Kingdom in London, England.[2] Montoya was succeeded by General Óscar González on November 6, 2008 as Commander of the Colombian National Army.[3]
In September 2010 Montoya, now Colombia's ambassador to the Dominican Republic, was charged with murder by an Ecuadorean court for his role in the 2008 incursion of the Colombian military into Ecuador which destroyed a FARC camp and left more than 20 dead.[4]
^Colombian army commander resigns
^"National Army Commander". Colombian National Army.
^In Colombia, Army acknowledges civilian killings by William Fernando Martinez, The Christian Science Monitor, November 6, 2008
^Colombia Reports, 6 September 2010, Ecuador court charges Colombian general with murder
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