According to this story in El País, Iván Ríos, the second member of the Secretariat of the FARC to be killed in eight days, did not die in combat but was in fact murdered by his subordinates who handed over
his right hand, his passport and his computer
to the Colombian Army as proof that they had killed him. Apparently his men decided to do it because they found themselves surrounded by government forces and decided that the only way out was to murder their chief. The supposed five million dollar reward for his head must have had something to do with it too.
Now assuming the Colombian Defence Ministry hasn’t invented all this, it’s really bad news for the FARC. If the personal escort of one of their top dogs can’t be trusted not to kill him then they have very serious morale and leadership problems and the pressure being exerted by the government is beginning to tell in a big way. The surviving members of the Secretariat have a lot to think about.
And considering that the row over the attack on the FARC camp in Ecuador has been settled with little more than a slap on the wrist for him , Álvaro Uribe has had an excellent couple of weeks.
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