Topic: Alfonso Cano

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Give up or die, Santos tells Colombia rebel boss

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos warned the new FARC rebel chief to reconsider waging war or risk the same fate as his predecessor, who was shot dead by special forces this month.The naming of hard-liner Timoleon Jimenez as leader ...

FARC Leader Killed - Is the Group Losing Power?

Colombian military forces claim to have killed Alfonso Cano. Analysts debate whether the rebellion is near its end.. . "FARC Leader Killed - Is the...

Colombian rebel commander Cano killed: government

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian security forces killed the top commander of the FARC leftist rebel group, Alfonso Cano, the defense ministry said on Friday. Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report World News

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0 . Military official says top FARC commander Alfonso Cano killed in military...

Colombian officials say top FARC leader killed

0 . The top leader of Colombia's main rebel group, the bookish ideologue Alfonso Cano, was killed Friday in a military bombing in the country's ...

Colombia rebel head narrowly eludes capture: Santos

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The leader of Colombia's largest guerrilla group narrowly eluded capture, fleeing hours before the army seized his jungle hideout, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday.Alfonso Cano, leader since 2008 of the Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia (FARC ...

Colombia: Troops nearly capture top FARC leader

0 . Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says the top leader of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia narrowly escaped an attack on ...
Twelve bodyguards for the commander of the leftist FARC rebels have been killed in an overnight military raid, and 10 Colombian soldiers died in separate clashes with the jungle-based guerrillas, officials have said.The air force, army and federal police launched the ...

At least 26 dead in Colombian weekend fighting

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian forces killed 12 leftist rebels on Sunday in an attack on a unit assigned to protect the nation's top guerrilla leader, punctuating a bloody weekend that left another 14 people dead around the country.The rebels who died ...