One of the FARC’s top commanders, “Mono Jojoy,” was killed by Colombian state forces. According to Caracol Radio, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed the guerrilla leader’s death from New York City.
According to several Colombian media sources, the head of the FARC’s Eastern Bloc and member of its Secretariat was killed in an air strike in a region called La Macarena in the central Colombian Meta department, 200 miles south of Bogota.
In the attack, some 20 other guerrillas were reportedly also killed.