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name: "Wilson Salazar"
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# Wilson Salazar

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor

## Biography

Wilson Salazar is a Colombian actor. He is known for playing the Messenger, a guerrilla commander, in the 2019 film *Monos* directed by Alejandro Landes.

Salazar joined the FARC guerrilla group at the age of 11 and served for 13 years before deserting. Landes encountered him at a reintegration programme, initially hiring him as a military consultant for the film before casting him in the role. Salazar had previously appeared in the film *Travesía* and attended the Berlin International Film Festival with the *Monos* cast.

*Sources: imdb.com, eltiempo.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monos* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Mensajero — [page](https://film.one/film/monos.md)

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