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Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace holds presser after ordering "immediate release" of FARC leader Jesus Santrich, indicted for drug trafficking by a US court. IMAGES
Bogota, May 18 (EFE).- A former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader, Jesús Santrich, has been killed in Venezuela, his dissident group said Tuesday.(Camera: ARCHIVE)ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF FORMER FARC LEADER JESÚS SANTRICH.
Former leader of the FARC rebels Jesus Santrich leaves La Picota prison momentarily before police take him back to prison. IMAGES
Timoleon Jimenez, the leader of Colombian rebel group FARC, announced a ceasefire in Havana on Sunday after reaching an agreement with the Colombian government, ending one of the longest running and deadliest wars in the world, which has already left over 300,000 people dead.
Colombia has released 16 FARC rebels from prison as part of ongoing peace talks aimed at ending five decades of civil war. Nathan Frandino reports.