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Colombia Rebel Commander âJesús Santrichâ Killed, Venezuelan Officials Say
The guerrilla leader, once a supporter of Colombiaâs historic peace deal, then a strong opponent, had become a symbol of the countryâs fraught path to peace.
Seuxis Hernández Solarte, known by the nom de guerre Jesús Santrich, being released from prison in Colombia in 2019.Credit.Juan Barreto/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
May 18, 2021
BOGOTÃ, Colombia â A prominent former commander of Colombiaâs largest guerrilla group, who was known by the nom de guerre Jesús Santrich, has been killed in Venezuela, according to three senior Venezuela government officials close to the countryâs security forces.
Ex-FARC leader Jesús Santrich killed in Venezuela, says dissident group 2 minutes read
Bogotá, May 18 (EFE).- A former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader, Jesús Santrich, has been killed in Venezuela, his dissident group said Tuesday.
Santrich (birth name Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte) once helped lead the FARC, but then became a negotiator for the peace deal struck with the government in 2016, which ended 50 years of war. He later abandoned the deal and returned to arms.
The rebel leader died while traveling in a truck in Venezuela when it was ambushed by Colombian commandos with rifle fire and grenades, the group named Segunda Marquetalia said in a statement, which could not be verified.
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May 18, 2021 by archyde
Jesús Santrich, one of the leaders of the FARC. EFE
FARC, Seuxis Hernández Solarte, also known as
‘Jesus Santrich’ He would have died in Venezuela as a result of an armed confrontation, according to what the Colombian defense minister, Diego Molano, advanced on Tuesday. Molano has reported on his Twitter account that the Colombian authorities have “information” from their intelligence services that
and they point out that ‘Santrich’ and “other criminals” would have died this Monday as a result of “alleged clashes” in Venezuela.
Intelligence information indicates that in alleged clashes that occurred yesterday in Venezuela, alias “Santrich” and other criminals were killed. Information in verification. If this fact is confirmed, it is verified that drug criminals take refuge in Venezuela.
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