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April 27, 2016 By Fausta

Colombia: “El Paisa” joins FARC team in Havana

One of the FARC’s bloodiest arrived by private plane in Cuba for the “peace talks”,

One of FARC’s most feared commanders joins Colombia peace talks in Havana

El Paisa, whose real name is Hernan Dario Velasquez, is the commander of the Teofilo Forero column, an elite unit of the FARC that is active in the Caqueta and Meta provinces in central Colombia.

The FARC commander is one of the most feared of guerrilla leaders and accused of hundreds of crimes and, until recently, with a $440,000 bounty on his head.

According to the government, El Paisa will not be one of the negotiators, but his arrival has major symbolic value and undermines earlier media reports indicating the Teofilo Forero chief was not interested in a peace process.

Alvaro Uribe listed El Paisa’s string of crimes on Twitter (in Spanish, below the fold),

  1. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    11. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe co autor del secuestro de tres contratistas norteamericanos en 2003, cuyo avión cayó en la Boca del Lobo, en Caquetá.

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  2. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    1. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe cabecilla del bloque sur de las Farc y por varias décadas anteriores de la sanguinaria columna Teófilo Forero.

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  3. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    22. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Condenado a 30 años de prisión por asesinato, en 2004, del alcalde de Riviera, Huila, Luis Humberto Trujillo.

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  4. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    21. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Autor del atentado al exministro Fernando Londoño con bomba lapa puesta en su vehículo en 2012.Dos escoltas murieron

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  5. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    20. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Autor en septiembre d 2010,del asesinato de 14 policías q se movilizaban entre las poblaciones de Doncello y Rionegro

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  6. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    19. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe autor del secuestro y asesinato en 2009 del gobernador de Caquetá, Luis Francisco Cuéllar.

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  7. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    18. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe En 2009,secuestró a Concejal de Garzón,Armando Acuña. En la acción murió 1 policía.En persecución murieron 2 soldados

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  8. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    17. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Autor del asesinato del concejal de Campoalegre, Huila, Rafael Bustos, en abril de 2006.

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  9. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    16. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe En el 2006, su columna Teófilo Forero secuestró y asesinó a Liliana Gaviria.

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  10. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    15. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe En febrero de 2006, guerrilleros de su columna Teófilo Forero, asesinaron a nueve concejales de Rivera (Huila).

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  11. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    14. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Autor de asesinato en 2005 del ex-senador Jaime Lozada mientras su esposa, Gloria Polanco, permanecía secuestrada.

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  12. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    13. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Autor de masacre de los 5 concejales de Puerto Rico, Caquetá, en 2005 y del secretario del Cabildo.

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  13. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    12. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Autor de atentado en Zona Rosa de Bogotá en noviembre de 2003. Una mujer murió y 74 personas resultaron heridas

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  14. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    9. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Autor en 2003 de casa bomba en Neiva.18 personas muertas y 48 heridas.

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  15. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    6. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe autor del desvío dl avión de Aires donde viajaba entonces Sen.Jorge Gechem Turbay, cuyo secuestro acabó proceso de paz

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  16. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    5. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe En el 2000, ‘El Paisa’ ordenó el asesinato de Diego Turbay Cote, su mamá y cinco personas más en carretera de Caquetá

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  17. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    4. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe En el 2001, ‘El Paisa’ realizó el secuestro al edificio Miraflores en Neiva. Fueron secuestradas 15 personas.

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  18. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    3. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe lideró asalto a base militar Las Delicias, donde murieron 30 militares y 60 fueron secuestrados.

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  19. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ‏@AlvaroUribeVel Apr 24

    2. #ElPaisaNuevoHéroe Condenado a 40 años por ataque al club El Nogal en febrero de 2003 en Bgtá que dejó 36 personas muertas y 200 heridos

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