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| Colombia's FARC Rebel Leaders Clashing Over Money, Santos Says |
| 2009-12-03 |
| (Bloomberg) -- Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are clashing over money and the direction the country's biggest guerrilla group should take, former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said, citing intelligence reports. The rebels' leader, Alfonso Cano, and second-in-command Jorge Briceno, known by his alias "Mono Jojoy," are feuding over finances as Colombia's armed forces close in on them, according to Santos. "Based on intelligence I've seen from the past months, there are some disagreements between these two," Santos told Bogota-based Caracol radio. "Their financial structure has been hit hard. Everyone's asking for money, people are complaining." Since taking office in 2002, President Alvaro Uribe has led a campaign that has cut the rebels' numbers by half, according to the government. The FARC, as the rebel group is known, fund their activities mainly through cocaine trafficking. "The FARC's command is very, very weakened, with communication and coordination problems," Santos said. "If these two disappear, one would think the structure of the FARC would be left very shaky." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I think it was more of a "will no one rid me of this turbulent priest" moment for the disgruntled FARC rank-and-file to hear. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-12-03 12:14 |
| #1 "If these two disappear, one would think the structure of the FARC would be left very shaky." Is that a threat or a promise? |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-12-03 10:43 |