Colombia - FARC
Bogota says FARC number 1 is dead
Saturday 24 May 2008
Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday that he had intelligence indicating that the FARC guerillas' top commander Manuel Marulanda died on March 26 and that the authorities were still trying to confirm the information.
Special Report Ingrid Betancourt rescuedSaturday 24 May 2008
By ReutersThe source told authorities Manuel Marulanda, known as "Sureshot," died in late March,
"That is the latest information we have and we are corroborating that now," the minister said when asked whether the rebel leader had died.
Military officials could not immediately confirm the report.
Marulanda organized the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
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