Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Sunday announced the killing of a top "narco-terrorist" allegedly belonging to a rebel dissident faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. File Photo by Mauricio Duenas Castaneda/EPA
Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A notorious member of a Colombian rebel dissident group was killed by the army in a military operation, President Abelardo de la Espriella announced Sunday.
An early morning offensive against a dissident faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the Valle de Cauca resulted in the death of a man known by the aliases of Felipe or Arcadio, the president said in a social media post.
The man was identified as the leader of a FARC dissident column allegedly responsible for multiple attacks against police stations in Dagua and El Queramal using explosives launched from drones.
De la Espriella's statement was accompanied by a video showing a man's body inside a white plastic bag lying on the ground next to the seized ammunition.
