Colombian rebellion commander killed

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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian forces killed top FARC rebel leader Alfonso Cano on Friday in the biggest blow yet to Latin America's longest insurgency and a triumph for President Juan Manuel Santos, the Defense Ministry said.

While unlikely to bring a swift end to nearly five decades of war in the Andean nation, his death will further damage the rebels' ability to regroup and coordinate the high profile attacks that have brought it worldwide notoriety.

There were few immediate details of the killing, which occurred during combat, according to a ministry official.

"This brings us closer to victory and peace so that we can stop killing each other," said Jorge Cordero, a 19-year-old soldier in the north of Bogota

"It's true he's dead," he told Reuters.

The death of Cano, 63, who took over leadership of the rebels after their founder died in 2008, was a major strategic victory for Santos, who came to office last year promising to keep up a hard-line stance against the guerrillas. The government had offered up to $3.7 million for information that would lead to his capture.

so...will this have any effect on the drug trade?

seems like this guy's been causing troubles for quite some time now. bet they're glad he's gone.

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I don't think this will affect the drug trade at all.

FARC's goal isn't to control the drug trade, but to control Colombia.

They use the drug trade to fund their insurgency. If FARC falls then the business wills imply change hands.

Originally posted by ICEKOHLD
so...will this have any effect on the drug trade?

seems like this guy's been causing troubles for quite some time now. bet they're glad he's gone.

From what I understand, the "drug trade" is one of the more profitable businesses of the international bankers and the elites they serve. If one important executive dies, they replace him with another.

The bankers like drugs because they are profitable, and the elites like drugs because they are a useful control mechanism. It's an insane game. It will only end if the elites decide to give up. I am actually really hoping that they will, too.

The FARC has long been known to have ties with the US.
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The CIA manufactures BS political reasons for doing the things they do, but it probably goes back to the influence of the elites in the CIA.

If crime were not propped up by "legitimate" funding sources, it would probably dwindle away. Thus, the fact that we have powerful elites thinking like criminals and actively creating and supporting criminal groups is the more fundamental problem on this planet. Those elites need to be pushed out of power and replaced by non-criminal elites, or else reformed into a non-criminal group. That's our only hope.