Facts:   - battles: nicaraguan revolution    - allegiance: 25px manuel rodríguez patriotic front    - nickname: comandante salvador galvarino apablaza      - birth date: 9 november 1950    - serviceyears: 1983-2001    - name: '' ` galvarino sergio apablaza '' '    - birth place: santiago , chile    - rank: commander-in-chief   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of galvarino apablaza .
galvarino sergio apablaza guerra -lrb- born november 9 , 1950 in santiago -rrb- , nicknamed `` comandante salvador '' , is a chilean marxist guerrilla and former member of the manuel rodríguez patriotic front -lrb- fpmr -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- , which opposed the military dictatorship of augusto pinochet .he has participated in several highly publicized kidnappings and murders .