President hails death of Alfonso Cano as huge blow against rebels
(NEWSER) - The head of Colombia's FARC rebels was killed in a military bombing yesterday, the latest blow to Latin America's last major rebel group, reports the AP . "The fingerprints matched," said a senior official, calling the raid a "standard military operation." President Juan Manuel Santos called the death of Alfonso Cano "the most devastating blow that this group has suffered in its history," notes the BBC . (He used nearly identical language when FARC No. 2 Mono Jojoy was killed last year , also in a bombing raid.) More»