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The Characters of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Colonel Gerineldo Márquez

The comrade-in-arms of Colonel Aureliano Buendía. Colonel Gerineldo is the first to become tired of the civil war. He falls in love with Amaranta, who spurns him, but stays in close contact with the family. He later takes José Arcadio Segundo to see his first execution. He is also the great-great grandfather of Gabriel Márquez who befriends Aureliano (II).