| Iván Ríos | |
|---|---|
 Iván Ríos | |
| Birth name | José Juvenal Velandia |
| Born | December 19, 1961 |
| Died | March 8, 2008 (aged 46) |
| Allegiance | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia |
José Juvenal Velandia, aka Iván Ríos, aka Manuel Jesús Muñoz Ortiz,[1][2][3] (19 December 1961 – 3 March 2008), born in San Francisco, Putumayo, Colombia,[1][3] was the Head of the Central Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP)[1] and the youngest member of this guerrilla's Central High Command.
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Death[edit | edit source]
Ríos was killed by his security chief, Pablo Montoya, on 3 March 2008 in a mountainous area of the western department of Caldas.[4] Colombian military forces were involved in an operation to capture Ríos, when a FARC member named as "Rojas", on 6 March 2008, delivered a severed right hand, a laptop computer and an ID to the troops.[4] "Rojas" claimed that they belonged to Ríos, whom he described as his boss. Pablo Montoya claimed to have killed Ríos three days earlier.[4] Fingerprint results proved that the hand did belong to Ríos, resulting in Colombian authorities going to recover the body.
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vivian Sequera. "Colombia Said to Kill Rebel Leader". http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ju8MocZtEyiY9Qn7bDn-5Tqu2qGwD8V8OLE80.[dead link]
- ↑ "José Juvenal Velandia". http://www.segundadivision.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=90026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act". http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-16424.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Colombia says rebel leader killed by own chief of security in another blow to guerrillas". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2008-05-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20080529040714/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/07/america/LA-GEN-Colombia-Rebels.php.
Video[edit | edit source]
- Speech by Ivan Rios, filmed in Villa Nueva Colombia, en español
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