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APThe 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."
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