COLOMBIA: The Hunt For FARC Leader Number 2 Alfonso Cano.

G.POST/ By Nadja Drost /
     Now that FARC leader Mono Joyoy has been eliminated, 5,000 special forces are searching for FARC's number 2, Guillermo Leon Saenz, aka Alfonso Cano.
    “You can not compare looking for Cano to looking for Mono Jojoy just because of the terrain itself,” the wild Canon de las Hermosas area, said Col. Julio Prieto.

COLOMBIA: In Video, FARC Leader Calls For Talks With New Prez. Santos.

REUTERS/     In a 36-minute website video, FARC rebel leader Alfonso Cano called for new talks with in-coming president Juan Manual Santos. "There's the possibility that the country can solve this situation ... through dialogue, conversation, political proposals, diplomacy," Canos said. "There must be talks. ... We are disposed to talk until the point we need to fight with arms so there's democracy." Santos takes office on 7 August, vowing to continue outgoing President Uribe's tough security policies.