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Colombian rebel commander Cano killed: government
Reuters - 23 minutes ago
1 of 3. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos speaks to reporters about the death of FARC rebel commander Alfonso Cano in Cartagena November 5, 2011. By Carlos Carrillo POPAYAN, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombians rejoiced at the killing of top FARC ...
Colombian president praises army
BBC News - 15 minutes ago
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has travelled to the camp where Farc rebel leader Alfonso Cano was killed. Cano was shot dead on Friday during a battle with security forces in the western province of Cauca. Military officials say operations ...
Colombia's president hails killing of Farc leader Alfonso Cano
The Guardian - 21 minutes ago
Farc leader Alfonso Cano with journalists in February this year. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images Colombia's top rebel leader has been killed in a hail of gunfire near his remote camp in what the government are calling the "most resounding ...
Slaying plunges Colombia rebels into uncertainty
CBS News - 27 minutes ago
(AP) BOGOTA, Colombia — President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday called on fighters of Latin America's only major rebel force to accept the killing of their top leader as proof the movement is doomed and to surrender. "This is the moment to decide to ...
Analysis: Could rebel leader's death clinch Colombia peace?
Reuters - 1 hour ago
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A bloodied corpse displayed by victorious troops in Colombia's mountains may come to symbolize the beginning of the end of Latin America's oldest insurgency. That is what most Colombians hope following the death of ...
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The Economist (blog) - 7 hours ago
ON NOVEMBER 4th the Colombian army killed Guillermo León Saenz, the head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, who was better-known by his nom de guerre Alfonso Cano. Though his body was found without his trademark beard or ...
Alfonso Cano, leader of Colombia's FARC, killed in army operation
Macon Telegraph (blog) - 8 hours ago
BOGOTA — In a stunning blow to Latin America's oldest guerrilla group, the leader of Colombia's FARC rebels was killed Friday. Guillermo León Sáenz, better known as Alfonso Cano, was tracked down in the southern department of Cauca, said Minister of ...
No. 1 Colombian rebel killed in military raid
KTUL (blog) - 12 hours ago
AP National News Video More>> AP News Minute: Veteran injured at Occupy protest and more By CESAR GARCIA and LIBARDO CARDONA AP BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Latin America's largest guerrilla army has suffered a devastating setback with the combat death of ...
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FARC collaborators helped kill Cano: Santos
Colombia Reports - 21 minutes ago
According to the president's website, "'Operation Odyssey' was carried out with several intelligence sources and help from persons inside the FARC." At his second press conference within twelve hours, the president said the operation, a lengthy mission ...
Insecurity about FARC leadership about death Cano
Colombia Reports - 4 hours ago
Replacing FARC leader "Alfonso Cano," who was killed by the Colombian army Friday, will be difficult as there is not a clear successor and the guerrilla organization may take weeks to resolve its leadership issue. Colombian analysts broadly agree with ...
Chronology of 'Operation Odyssey' that killed 'Alfonso Cano'
Colombia Reports - 6 hours ago
The Colombian military "Operation Odyssey" 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 the FARC leader was thought to have been hiding for years ...
