http://www.france24.com/en/20110604-colombia-farc-security-chief-killed
04 June 2011 - 20H51 Colombia: FARC security chief killed <http://www.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/aef_ct_wire_image_lightbox/imag es/afp/photo_1307213453254-1-0.jpg?1307285963> This undated handout picture released by the Colombian Army shows Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces member Alirio Rojas Bocanegra, aka 'El Abuelo' (the Grandfather). The Colombian Army have announced they have killed Bocanegra, who was security chief of the FARC guerrilla top commander, Alfonso Cano, during an operation in the western Colombian department of Tolima. This undated handout picture released by the Colombian Army shows Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces member Alirio Rojas Bocanegra, aka 'El Abuelo' (the Grandfather). The Colombian Army have announced they have killed Bocanegra, who was security chief of the FARC guerrilla top commander, Alfonso Cano, during an operation in the western Colombian department of Tolima. AFP - The Colombian army announced Saturday it has killed the security chief of the Marxist FARC group's top commander, in what officials claim is a blow against the guerrillas. Alirio Rojas Bocanegra, known as "The Grandfather," headed the FARC's Central Block tasked with guarding Alfonso Cano, who took over as leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia after its founder Manuel Marulanda Velez was killed in 2008. President Juan Manuel Santos praised the military operation that took place in western Colombia, and used tough talk in pledging to make further inroads against the rebel movement he has described as "narco-terrorists." "We are dealing with FARC central command in a systematic way: they put up a leader, and we take him down," Santos said during a public appearance in Sincelejo, in northern Colombia. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivero, told reporters that the army is "increasingly close to Alfonso Cano, and we are shutting down all fronts of action and mobilization." Bocanegra died Friday high up in the mountains at Rioblanco, in an operation that also killed Manuel Cepeda Vargas, aka "Ruben," the commission chief responsible for FARC propaganda and its radio station, Voices of the Resistance. The FARC, with an estimated 8,000 fighters, is Latin America's largest and longest-fighting insurgency with 47 years of armed struggle. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
