FARC Bodyguard Kills Boss

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And also today we have an update on the situation with the Colombian FARC rebels. Just after an end to the so-called Andean crisis on friday, the Colombian army has now scored another victory against the rebels. Here's more:
STORY: On Saturday Colombian armed forces presented the body of a top FARC commander, Ivan Rios. Rios, who was the youngest person on the seven-member secretariat of the FARC. The army originally said he had been killed in one of several recent battles with Colombian troops. But they now say Rios
was was shot dead by his own bodyguard. The bodyguard, Pablo Montoya, took credit for the killing and even chopped off Rios' right hand as proof. [Pablo Montoya, Rios's Bodyguard]: Male "This situation came about because of pressure from the Colombian armyˇIt had been about 15 days and we were r
unning out of food and the troops were on top of us and then, the determination was taken to do, well, to carry out the action (referring to killing of Rios)." Colombia has increased the rewards it pays to those who help capture or kill guerrillas. And Rios had a 2.6 million U.S.-dollar price on hi
s head. Rios was a protégé of aging FARC supreme leader Manuel Marulanda, and had been in charge of reorganizing operations hit hard by the government's U.S.-backed military offensive. Last weekend, a Colombian raiding party also killed the No. 2 FARC leader, Raul Reyes during a raid into Eucado
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