Leading Farc commander surrenders

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

A leading commander of the Farc rebels in Colombia has surrendered to the authorities, officials say.
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Farc has been fighting to overthrow the government for more than 40 years.

Karina was "nearly dying of hunger" when she and another guerrilla, known as Michin, handed themselves in, Colombian Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos said
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Two weeks ago, President Uribe sent a public message to Karina in which he guaranteed her safety if she handed herself in.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7407666.stm

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Hopefully he will keep his word about her guaranteed safety.

[maddezmom]

1. Colombian rebel urges fighters to give up conflict

Mon, May 19, 2008 (12:12 p.m.)

A female Colombian rebel commander has surrendered and is urging other guerrillas to abandon the conflict.

Nelly Avila Moreno, known as Karina, issued the call Monday in a news conference. Her surrender is the government's latest victory against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Avila says she gave up Sunday after more than two decades as a FARC rebel due to relentless military pressure. The army had her surrounded and the government had a bounty on her head.

more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/19/colombian-rebel-urges-fighters-to-give-up-conflict/

[ohio2007]

2. " She said pressure from Colombian soldiers had been key to their decision, "

She said pressure from Colombian soldiers had been key to their decision,....I invite them to change the sensibility that is among the guerrillas," ....After 24 years with the FARC, Karina said she wants to reintegrate with society. "At this moment, what I am thinking about is reuniting with my family and with all of society," she said.......She said she knows nothing about the group's leaders, because "everything in the FARC is very compartmentalized."

Still, she did hear through the news media about the killing by another member of FARC of Ivan Rios, a member of the group's central high command. "We suffered a very strong blow," she said.


....Since the killing of Rios, 45 members of the group have laid down their arms and accepted a government plan for reinstallation into society, he said.



http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/19/farc.rebel.surrender/index.html



pressure from Colombian soldiers had been key to their decision
Sounds like a plan taken from the Iraqi army in Sadr city today.