Colombian army kills top rebel leader
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| Publication Date | 23 September 2010 |
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September 23, 2010
Two members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) trek toward Los Pozos in Colombia (file photo)
The Colombian government says it has killed a top leader with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's oldest and fiercest rebel group.
Colombia's attorney general, Guillermo Mendoza, said in a radio interview that the army killed Jorge Briceno Suarez, head of FARC's military operations, in an early morning battle.
The U.S. State Department had been offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Mendoza.
compiled from agency reports
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