Colombia foils attempt to assassinate ex-Farc leader Timochenko
Colombian police say they have foiled an attempt to assassinate the former head of the now demobilised Farc rebels, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, better known as Timochenko.
Police said two would-be assassins were intercepted on a road in the west of Colombia on Saturday and killed.
Dissident rebels had ordered Timochenko killed, police said.
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So, reportedly, his old side ordered this. Now, a peace deal has been worked out and it's been on for a few years I guess.
Yes, and I'd have the impression, FARC means Marxist Guerilla types.
