Photo: Martin Villa had a 2.5 million US dollars reward on his headA Founder Of Colombia’s FARC Dies Of Heart Attack In The Jungle -- Merco Press
One of the historic founders of the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC (Colombian Rebel Armed Forces) died in the jungle, close to the Venezuelan border, three months ago of a heart attack, according to FARC sources quoted in the Bogotá Sunday press.
“Martin Villa”, as he was known, real name Marcelino Trujillo Bustos, was one of the farmers who along with the also deceased Pedro Antonio Marin, “Manuel Marulanda” or “Tirofijo”, founded the FARC in the sixties last century.
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