Commander Raul Reyes Killed

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News papers reported that Farc Commander Comrade Raul Reyes killed in Colombian army attack inside Ecuadorian boarder.
Reyes, 59, whose real name was Luis Edgar Devia, was a union leader working for Swiss food giant Nestle in the southern department of Caqueta when he joined the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the 1970s

Bearded and with glasses, Reyes looked like a small university professor. He seemed dwarfed by the rifle he always carried around, which he would lay across his lap when he sat to talk with a visiting journalist. But meeting him in person, there was no doubting his commitment to armed revolution in Colombia.

When in 2001 an AP reporter asked him how he thought peace talks with the government would end, he thought for a second and then said: "The FARC has never and will never abandon the goal of taking power in Colombia."

Hostage Crisis
It wasn't immediately clear how Reyes' death would affect efforts to negotiate the release of rebel-held hostages, including French-Colombian president candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. defense contractors.