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Colombia Considers "Marlon" Dead, a Dangerous Leader of Explosive Dissidence

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BOGOTÁ (AP) — The guerrilla known as “Marlon”, one of the most wanted in Colombia and powerful leader of a faction of the former FARC—to whom the authorities attribute an attack that left 20 dead in the southwestern...

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The vice leader of the guerrilla group Central State (EMC), Jacob Idrobo Arredondo, known as Marlon, was killed in combat, announced on Sunday (21) the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro. Dissident faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the EMC, led by Iván Mordisco, rejected the peace agreements in 2016 and resumed activity, today being one of the main security concerns of the government. Armistice: Almost a hundred gue…

·Brazil
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The killed EMC commander was known under the battle name "Marlon".

·Vienna, Austria
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BOGOTÁ (AP) — The guerrilla known as “Marlon”, one of the most wanted in Colombia and powerful leader of a faction of the former FARC—to whom the authorities attribute an attack that left 20 dead in the southwestern...

·Pennsylvania, United States
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Saturday that the second in command of Iván Mordisco, leader of the main dissent of the FARC's extinct guerrilla group, was killed in combat, which did not accept the 2016 peace accords.

·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced this Saturday the death of Iván Jacobo Idrobo Arredondo, alias “Marlon”, one of the top leaders of the Central General Staff (EMC) of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The deceased criminal operated as the right hand of alias Iván Mordisco, and the operation was carried out in the department of Cauca, in the west of the country.“I don’t like to talk about dead because th…

·Las Condes, Chile
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El Tiempo broke the news on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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