“Alfonso Cano,” supreme leader of guerrilla organization the FARC, was admitted to an improvised jungle mental institute in the Tolima department after he fell in a “very deep clinical depression” on hearing…
Guillermo Leon Saenz Vargas, alias ‘Alfonso Cano,’ will fall “in one way or another,” Colombian General Guillermo Suarez, in charge of the troops looking for Cano, said. In an interview…
Colombian Archbishop Ruben Salazar revealed Thursday that he had met in Rome with members of the Vatican to discuss a strategy for peace in the conflict-torn Andean nation. “If it…
Colombia’s outgoing armed forces commander General Freddy Padilla called on FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” to surrender and avoid death. Padilla spoke on Wednesday on a visit to the town of…
The FARC’s supreme leader, Alfonso Cano, was sentenced in absentia to 40 years in prison for the killing of five policemen and a civilian at an illegal roadblock in May 1995,…
“Alfonso Cano,” supreme FARC commander, reappeared last week in a video broadcast by Al-Jazeera. The video is significant for a number of reasons. First, it comes in the wake of…
Colombia’s Vice President-elect Angelino Garzon said Saturday that the incoming administration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos is disposed to open doors to a dialogue with the FARC, as long as…
In footage broadcast by news network Al Jazeera, FARC leader Guillermo Saenz alias “Alfonso Cano” proposed a dialogue with the incoming administration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos. Cano said the FARC…
Colombian authorities arrested Luis Fernando Mendez, alias “Didier,” who was one of the guerrillas that made up FARC leader “Alfonso Cano’s” security ring. Didier was arrested in the southern Colombian…