Targeting FARC
In a crackdown on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, national soldiers have killed at least 20 rebels and top leader Jorge Briceno a.k.a. Mono Jojoy
Jorge Briceno, commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), gets in a bus on June 27, 2001 after visiting policemen and soldiers to be released by the rebel group, in La Macarena, Colombia. The Colombian government said on September 23, 2010 it has killed top leader Jorge Briceno a.k.a. Mono Jojoy of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's oldest and fiercest rebel insurgency.LUIS ACOSTA
Colombian FARC rebel commander Jorge Briceno known as "Mono Jojoy" speaks with Manuel Marulanda minutes before the starting of an army parade in Villa Colombia camp near to San Vicente del Caguan in this file photo taken on 29 April, 2000. Top Colombian FARC rebel commander Mono Jojoy has been killed in combat, an army spokesman said on Thursday. The death of Mono Jojoy would be severest strike against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, since two top commanders died in 2008. Mono Jojoy, whose other name was Jorge Briceno, was considered the FARC's top military chief.JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ
Colombia´s Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera (C), Armed Forces Adm. Edgar Cely (L) and Colombia's military's chief of staff Gen. Gustavo Matamoros (R) observe a map of Colombia pointing the area where the military operation that killed the FARC rebel Jorge Briceno -aka Mono Jojoy- took place, on September 23, 2010, in Bogota, Colombia. Colombian FARC rebel commander Mono Jojoy has been killed in a military operation called "Sodome" in the Macarena region, one of the FARC's last strongholds, the military said on Thursday.GUILLERMO LEGARIA
Colombia's Police Chief Oscar Naranjo (C) poses with police pilots that participated in Operation Sodoma which killed top Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) military chief Mono Jojoy during Naranjo's visit to a military fort in La Macarena in Meta September 24, 2010. Colombian troops killed FARC's veteran military boss Mono Jojoy, also known as Jorge Suarez Briceno, in a raid on his jungle camp in the Macarena region, striking a major blow against Latin America's oldest insurgency, the government said on Thursday.JOHN VIZCAINO
In this picture released by Colombia's Defense Ministry, police officers and soldiers inpect the camp where Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel leader Jorge Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy was killed, in La Macarena, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Colombia's military killed Jorge Briceno, the No. 2 leader and top military strategist of the country's main rebel army, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in bombardments of a jungle camp, officials announced Thursday. According to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, at least 20 rebels were killed.The Associated Press
Handout photo released by the Colombian Defense Ministry of Colombian police and soldiers standing next to computers and other belongings at the camp where Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) chief Jorge Briceno aka "Mono Jojoy" was killed in La Macarena on September 23, 2010. A bold assault by Colombian armed forces has killed the military leader of the nation's oldest insurgency in what defense officials called the "hardest blow ever" against the leftist guerrillas. Bogota confirmed the death of Jorge Briceno Suarez, 57, head of military operations for the FARC, in an early morning raid on a rebel stronghold involving as many as 800 troops, including elite special forces.HO/AFP / Getty Images
Police inspect the bodies of suspected members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Puerto Asis September 19, 2010. Colombian troops killed at least 22 FARC guerrillas in a raid on their jungle camp on Sunday in the latest violence since President Juan Manuel Santos took office in August.HO/Reuters
A man holds a newspaper whose frontpage announces the death of Colombian FARC rebel commander Jorge Briceno, aka "Mono Jojoy" on September 23, 2010, a newspaper printer in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. A bold assault by Colombian armed forces has killed the military leader of the nation's oldest insurgency in what defense officials Thursday called the "hardest blow ever" against the leftist guerrillas. Bogota confirmed the death of Jorge Briceno Suarez, 57, head of military operations for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in an early morning raid on a rebel stronghold involving as many as 800 troops, including elite special forces.RAUL ARBOLEDA