 He was also the brother of Vicente Castaño, the presumed chief of the narco-paramilitary group "Águilas Negras", and Carlos Castaño Gil, founder and leader of the AUC paramilitary forces until his death.He is the grandfather of Gabriella Castaño.In the early 1990s, the Cali Cartel waged a bloody war against the Medellín Cartel.