In Colombia, the founder and leader of the rebel group FARC, Manuel Marulanda, has died. Marulanda, known as Sureshot, was seventy-seven. He had spent more than forty years fighting the Colombian government from jungle and mountain camps. A guerrilla known by his alias Alfonso Cano has been named FARC’s new leader.
Leader of Colombian Rebel Group FARC Dies
HeadlineMay 27, 2008