FARC leader’s death a ‘heavy blow for peace’: Cordoba
The killing of FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” is a “heavy blow for peace” in Colombia, said former Senator Piedad Cordoba. In a statement posted on her website on Saturday, she…
The killing of FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” is a “heavy blow for peace” in Colombia, said former Senator Piedad Cordoba. In a statement posted on her website on Saturday, she…
“El Indio Efrain,” the arrested FARC guerrilla accused of having been “Alfonso Cano’s” security chief, over the weekend denied having been his leader’s bodyguard. The 54-year-old guerrilla, who was seriously…
Alfonso Cano’s brother, Bogota Councilor Roberto Saenz Vargas, on Saturday called for the “dignified treatment” of his brother’s mortal remains. Saenz Vargas called on Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and…
Two were killed and six injured in alleged FARC attacks on Sunday in the southwest Colombian Cauca department. The attack were launched in what authorities call a retaliation of the…
The killed leader of the FARC “Alfonso Cano” was betrayed by members of his own security ring, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday, based on high-level sources within the Colombian military.…
The FARC confirmed the death of their leader “Alfonso Cano” and rejected government calls to demobilize without “the abolition of the causes that gave birth to the uprising” in a…
FARC members collaborated with the military in the operation that killed their leader, “Alfonso Cano,” Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. According to the president’s website, “‘Operation Odysseus‘ was…
Replacing FARC leader “Alfonso Cano,” who was killed by the Colombian army Friday, will be difficult as there is no clear successor and the guerrilla organization may take weeks to…
The Colombian military “Operation Odysseus” that killed FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” on Friday began months earlier when armed forces attacked FARC camps in the south of the Tolima department where…