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...build the legend, feed the fear. Trademarks include "the Colombian necktie"--cutting an informant's throat below the chin, then pulling his tongue through the wound as he bleeds to death. Or suffocating a rival with a clear plastic bag over his head while a henchman named El Gordo (the Fat Man) bounces on his chest. But perhaps Ramon's favorite ritual is carne asada--barbecue--executing entire families and tossing their corpses on a bed of flaming tires, as he and his goons celebrate with tequila and cocaine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La Nueva Frontera: The Border Monsters | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

America has lost one of its true adventurers, and Scott, Gordo, Wally and I have lost another brother. Al is now on the ultimate high flight. We will all miss him very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: ALAN SHEPARD | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

Poor Carlos was plump as a child. Schoolmates called him "El Gordo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Day Three of the Jackal | 12/16/1997 | See Source »

...nickname is El Gordo, the Fat Man, and he is both agent and metaphor. Joe Cubas, 35, a contractor from Miami, has orchestrated five defections from Cuba's national baseball team, most recently on July 9, when ace pitcher Rolando Arrojo slipped into Cubas' car, leaving his team's exhibition tour. That incident, coupled with the defections in late June at the Mexican border of Cuban boxers Joel Casamayor and Ramon Garbey, have led to widespread speculation that the most exciting event at the Atlanta Olympics will be the long jump--from Cuba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBAN LONG JUMP | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

...return to Czechoslovakia. The drama will be in the number of Cubans or the names. Is it possible that Felix Savon, the great heavyweight boxer, or a flame-throwing pitcher named Omar Luis or even Linares might bolt before receiving his gold medal? "Anything is possible," says El Gordo. "Something will happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBAN LONG JUMP | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

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