{"id":58423,"date":"2020-01-13T15:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T07:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58423"},"modified":"2020-01-13T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T07:43:42","slug":"colombia-says-police-foil-attempt-to-assassinate-farc-leader-timochenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58423","title":{"rendered":"Colombia says police foil attempt to assassinate FARC leader Timochenko"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/apicms.thestar.com.my\/uploads\/images\/2020\/01\/13\/488824.JPG\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO Colombian former FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono known by his nom de guerre Timochenko makes declarations to the media after attending a hearing of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace JEP tribunal in Bogota Colombia July 13 2018.  REUTERSLuisa Gonzalez\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Colombian former FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BOGOTA, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Colombian police thwarted an assassination attempt against Rodrigo Londono, former commander of the demobilized FARC rebels better known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, a senior official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Oscar Atehortua, director of Colombia&#8217;s national police, said officers killed two men who planned to commit the attack, which was ordered by commanders of dissident rebels who decided to return to conflict last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A terrorist attack which sought to kill Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, president of the FARC political party, was prevented&#8221; Atehortua told a press conference in the city of Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said an informant provided them with details of the assassination attempt against Londono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Londono, who was the highest commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) when a peace deal was signed in 2016, now heads the FARC political party, which preserved its Spanish initials after changing its name to the Revolutionary Alternative Common Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peace agreement gave the FARC five seats in the Senate and five more in the House of Representatives for two legislative periods that expire in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atehortua said the two men charged with carrying out the attack died on Saturday afternoon on a road between the departments of Quindio and Valle del Cauca, when police intercepted them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atehortua said the two dead men were in an area where Londono had been in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the attackers would have received military instruction in Venezuela from Ivan Marquez and Hernan Dario Velasquez, aka &#8220;El Paisa&#8221;, two former FARC commanders who announced last August that they would return to the armed struggle because they believed the peace agreement had broken down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the attackers killed by police had belonged to a special government unit responsible for protecting high-ranking state officials and former guerrilla leaders who are currently engaged in political activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no immediate response from Londono or from the FARC political party. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian former FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono BOGOTA, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Colombian police thwarted an assassination attempt against Rodrigo Londono, former commander of the demobilized FARC rebels better known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, a senior official said. 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