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Zorro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 10:51 AM
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Colombia: death of feared No. 2 rebel a watershed
Source: AP

The powerful rebel comandante who Colombian officials say died in the bombing of a clandestine jungle camp was nicknamed "Mono Jojoy" by his comrades after a forest-dwelling worm that is white, plump and very slippery.

The killing of Jorge Briceno, the No. 2 leader and field marshal of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, announced Thursday, was a demoralizing shock to an already weakened insurgency because no rebel had more clout or a more fearsome reputation.

"He was cold-blooded and ordered so many kidnappings and killings without any qualms," former Colombian peace commissioner Camilo Gomez said of Briceno. Gomez dealt directly with Briceno in failed 1999-2002 peace talks.

President Juan Manuel Santos called Briceno's death in two days of bombardments that ended Wednesday a decisive turn in a half-century struggle against Latin America's last remaining rebel army — "the most crushing blow against the FARC in its entire history."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_rebels_11



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COLGATE4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-24-10 11:38 AM
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1. Good riddance to a cold-blooder murderer who was responsible
for the deaths and torture of thousands of innocent Colombians. May he rot in hell.
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