Announcement made this morning.
Colombian security forces killed Jorge Briceno, alias Mono Jojoy, one of the top commanders in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, striking a major blow to the leftist guerrilla group, Caracol Radio reported Thursday.
Briceno was killed in combat in Meta, in the south of the country, the radio station reported on its website.
Briceno's death marks one of the strongest military successes against the FARC, which has seen its leadership decimated in recent years as a result of a security crackdown by the government.
This is a setback for Chavez of Venezuela as well, one of FARC's active backers. OS now awaits the propaganda machine of the left to begin depicting the drug-trafficking FARC as the victim and the elected government of Colombia as the villain. Just give it a few days, the drumbeat will begin to sound.
Showing posts with label Colombia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colombia. Show all posts
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
"Domingo Biojó", FARC Leader, Killed By Colombian Government Forces
Wanted in the US on several warrants, subject of an Interpol circular, and apparently informed on by people who decided they would rather have USD 555,000 in pocket, and a narco-terrorist sent to his reward.
Colombia, somewhere along the way, decided it was tired of the non-stop violence and disruption caused by the FARC, which is funded by drug money.
They're making progress. Compare and contrast to its neighbor Venezuela.
Which approach is working, and which one breeds poverty and chaos?
Colombia, somewhere along the way, decided it was tired of the non-stop violence and disruption caused by the FARC, which is funded by drug money.
They're making progress. Compare and contrast to its neighbor Venezuela.
Which approach is working, and which one breeds poverty and chaos?
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Tensions Build Between Colombia And Venzuela: Colombia Accuses Chavez Of Harboring FARC Norco-Terrorists
It's getting interestinger and interestinger down there.
The story is surfacing in a number of places, including the BBC.
This from the Kansas City Star:
Venezuela called its ambassador home from Bogota for consultations Friday to protest accusations by the outgoing Colombian government that rebel leaders are taking refuge inside its borders.
Colombian officials have long complained, mostly in private, that President Hugo Chavez has harbored leaders of its two main rebel groups.
But on Thursday, Colombia's Defense Ministry showed video, photographs and satellite images to Colombian journalists behind closed doors that it said proved the presence of rebel leaders in neighboring Venezuela.
Colombia's hard-line president, Alvaro Uribe, leaves office on Aug. 7. He's been widely credited for seriously weakening Colombia's leftist insurgencies, one of which killed his father in a botched 1983 kidnapping.
Because he has frequently feuded with Chavez, many Colombians believe the renewed accusations show Uribe's dissatisfaction with the olive branch that Colombia's president-elect, Juan Manuel Santos, has extended to Chavez.
Trade between Venezuela and Colombia has fallen 70 percent in the past year since Chavez froze relations over Colombia's signing of an agreement with the United States granting Washington expanded access to its military bases.
Waiting to see how the White House and Foggy Bottom will hang the Colombians out to dry for having the temerity to actually oppose their boy Chavez to his face.
Not if.
How.
The story is surfacing in a number of places, including the BBC.
This from the Kansas City Star:
Venezuela called its ambassador home from Bogota for consultations Friday to protest accusations by the outgoing Colombian government that rebel leaders are taking refuge inside its borders.
Colombian officials have long complained, mostly in private, that President Hugo Chavez has harbored leaders of its two main rebel groups.
But on Thursday, Colombia's Defense Ministry showed video, photographs and satellite images to Colombian journalists behind closed doors that it said proved the presence of rebel leaders in neighboring Venezuela.
Colombia's hard-line president, Alvaro Uribe, leaves office on Aug. 7. He's been widely credited for seriously weakening Colombia's leftist insurgencies, one of which killed his father in a botched 1983 kidnapping.
Because he has frequently feuded with Chavez, many Colombians believe the renewed accusations show Uribe's dissatisfaction with the olive branch that Colombia's president-elect, Juan Manuel Santos, has extended to Chavez.
Trade between Venezuela and Colombia has fallen 70 percent in the past year since Chavez froze relations over Colombia's signing of an agreement with the United States granting Washington expanded access to its military bases.
Waiting to see how the White House and Foggy Bottom will hang the Colombians out to dry for having the temerity to actually oppose their boy Chavez to his face.
Not if.
How.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Score One For The Good Guys: Three Hostages Liberated From FARC
News just broke a few minutes ago across OS's facebook feed, and confirmed by New York Times report.
Colombian soldiers stalking leftist guerrillas in the country’s remote jungles have rescued three hostages held by the rebels, including a police general who was their highest-ranking captive, Colombian officials said Sunday.
The rescue carried out by about 300 military personnel in Guaviare, a sparsely populated region in southern Colombia, freed Gen. Luis Mendieta, captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in 1998, as well as Col. Luis Murillo, who had also been held by the rebels since that year, and Sgt. Arbey Delgado, captured in 1998.
Mendiata had almost given up hope, as these plaintive words he wrote in December 2007 attest:
“It is not the physical pain that wounds me, nor the chain around my neck that torments me, but the mental agony of all this, the evilness of bad people and the indifference of good people,” General Mendieta wrote in a letter dated Dec. 21, 2007. “It is as if we are worthless, that we do not exist.”
The FARC is actively supported by Chavez, who is actively applauded by Obama and Miz Hillary. This rescue was undertaken without US involvement, which probably explains its success...no one leaking details to Caracas.
So, a healthy slap-down of a bunch of narco-terrorists and their sponsor, and of the venal crew in Washington who cheer their sponsor on.
All in all, a good way to start the week.
Colombian soldiers stalking leftist guerrillas in the country’s remote jungles have rescued three hostages held by the rebels, including a police general who was their highest-ranking captive, Colombian officials said Sunday.
The rescue carried out by about 300 military personnel in Guaviare, a sparsely populated region in southern Colombia, freed Gen. Luis Mendieta, captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in 1998, as well as Col. Luis Murillo, who had also been held by the rebels since that year, and Sgt. Arbey Delgado, captured in 1998.
Mendiata had almost given up hope, as these plaintive words he wrote in December 2007 attest:
“It is not the physical pain that wounds me, nor the chain around my neck that torments me, but the mental agony of all this, the evilness of bad people and the indifference of good people,” General Mendieta wrote in a letter dated Dec. 21, 2007. “It is as if we are worthless, that we do not exist.”
The FARC is actively supported by Chavez, who is actively applauded by Obama and Miz Hillary. This rescue was undertaken without US involvement, which probably explains its success...no one leaking details to Caracas.
So, a healthy slap-down of a bunch of narco-terrorists and their sponsor, and of the venal crew in Washington who cheer their sponsor on.
All in all, a good way to start the week.
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