One of the most senior leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) has been killed, say reports.
Jorge Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy, died in a military air strike in the Macarena region, known to be a Farc stronghold, local media said.
President Juan Manuel Santos said Jojoy's death was "the hardest blow" in the history of the rebel movement.
The Marxist Farc rebels have been fighting the Colombian authorities since the mid-1960s.
Jojoy was believed to be leader of the Farc's strongest fighting division, the Eastern Bloc, and had eluded Colombian security forces for almost 10 years.
The United States had offered a reward of up to $5m (£3.2m) for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
YOU DO NOT ARREST OR CONVICT THIS TYPE OF LEFTIST NARCO-TERRORIST SCUM.
YOU KILL THEM WITH WHATEVER IT TAKES - "DISPROPORTIONATE" POWER.
WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THIS IN AFGHANISTAN - AND ELSEWHERE.
AND IF THE POWER WE ARE CURRENTLY USING ISN'T GETTING THE JOB DONE THEN WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY - THE PACE - AND INTENSITY OF THE ATTACKS UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE.
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