Name Timoleon Jimenez | Role Fighter | |
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Birth name Rodrigo Londono-Echeverry Nickname(s) "Timoleon Jimenez"
"Timochenko" Born January 22, 1959 (age 65)
Calarca, Quindio
Colombia ( 1959-01-22 ) Allegiance Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Marxism–Leninism
Bolivarianism
Revolutionary socialism
Left-wing Nationalism Rank Supreme leader, Secretariat member, Bloc commander Similar People Juan Manuel Santos, Ivan Marquez, Manuel Marulanda, Jacobo Arenas, Mauricio Jaramillo | ||
Rodrigo londo o echeverri alias timole n jim nez es el nuevo jefe de las farc
Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri (born January 22, 1959 in Calarcá, Quindío), most known under the nom de guerre Timoleón Jiménez and the nickname Timochenko or Timochenco, is the current Commander in Chief of the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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- Rodrigo londo o echeverri alias timole n jim nez es el nuevo jefe de las farc
- Cuba FARCs leader announces definitive ceasefire
- Allegations from the United States
- References
'Timochenko' took over the FARC leadership in November 2011 from Alfonso Cano after the leader was killed by the Colombian army.
With more than 30 years of experience and a reputation of being a military commander he "has widespread respect among the rank-and-file, particularly the hardliners that form the core of the rural fighters". According to the Colombian Air Force his alias is referring to Soviet Marshal Semyon Timoshenko.
Before also assuming the leadership of the guerrilla group, Timochenko was one of the commanders of the Middle Magdalena Bloc of the FARC-EP and was thought to have some 800 men under his command.
Timochenko has been a member of the seven-member ruling guerrilla secretariat since the early 1990s. He is believed to operate in the Norte de Santander province on the border with Venezuela. Colombian authorities have frequently said that the FARC leader was hiding in Venezuela, but in April 2010, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos stated that the Colombian government's most recent intelligence said that Timochenko was on the Colombian side of the border. According to Colombian intelligence sources Timochenko is currently located in the Serranía del Perijá, northeastern Colombia.
Cuba: FARC’s leader announces definitive ceasefire
Allegations from the United States
According to the United States Department of State, Timoleon Jimenez has set the FARC’s cocaine policies directing and controlling the production, manufacture, and distribution of hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States and the world, including the "taxation" of the illegal drug trade in Colombia to raise funds for the FARC and the murder of hundreds of people who violated or interfered with the FARC’s cocaine policies.
According to the U.S., in 2000, along with Pastor Alape, he ordered the Magdalena Medio Bloc to retake coca territory, shoot down fumigation aircraft, increase coca production, kidnap United States citizens and kill any farmer who sold cocaine paste to non-FARC approved buyers. The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction.