In the news of the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, it was claimed that Ivan Marquez, whose real name is Luciano Marin Arango, was killed in a clash in Venezuela.
According to local sources, Marquez died in a clash with illegal criminal organizations.
While no official statement has been made on the subject from the authorities of both countries, it is considered that Colombian intelligence is investigating the incident.
It is known that Marquez has been fighting other armed groups on the Colombian-Venezuela border for a long time to control drug trafficking.
WHO IS IVAN MARQUEZ?
Marquez, 67, a former FARC commander who signed a peace deal with the government in November 2016, joined the call for a return to armed struggle on 29 August 2019.
Born on June 16, 1954 in Florencia, Caqueta headquarters, Marquez had been involved in the armed struggle for more than 40 years with the FARC.
Marquez was one of the main negotiators in the peace talks with the Colombian government in Havana.
OTHER SYMBOL NAMES OF FARC WERE KILLED IN VENEZUELA
One of the important names of the FARC, 53-year-old Jesus Santrich, whose real name is Seuxis Paucias Hernandez Solarte, died in an ambush organized by the Colombian army commandos on May 17, 2021.
Likewise, it was reported that Gentil Duarte, one of the important commanders of the FARC, was killed in combat in Venezuela on May 25, 2022.
Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano confirmed in a statement in Cartagena that Duarte, whose real name is Miguel Botache Santanilla, was killed in a clash in Venezuela.
Santrich, Duarte and Marquez called for a return to armed struggle, arguing that the state betrayed the peace agreement in the video they released in August 2019.
More than half a century of conflicts in Colombia, a Latin American country with a population of more than 48 million, caused the death of nearly 260 thousand people and the emigration of more than 6 million people.
Source: AA