Iván Marquez, leader of the Segunda Marquetalia, died at the age of 68 as confirmed, this Thursday, July 6, by the dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Intelligence organizations of the Colombian government are activated to confirm the versions about the death of the guerrilla. The media of the neighboring country emphasize that Márquez died in Venezuelan territory
The guerrilla leader Iván Marquez died at the age of 68 as confirmed, this Thursday, July 6, by the dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Change de Colombia recalled that, in June 2022, a bounty hunter commando tried to kill Luciano Marín Arango, better known as Iván Márquez. After the attack, the guerrilla, leader of the Second Marquetalia, lost an arm, had a leg in poor condition and a splinter from the attack had affected his brain.
The Colombian media emphasize that Márquez died in Venezuelan territory, where he had his lair.
Change indicated: “Sources in Venezuela said that the shrapnel wound was complicated a few days ago, despite the fact that he had shown a notable general improvement in health.”
On July 10, 2022, the FARC dissidence that calls itself Segunda Marquetalia released a statement in video format in which they stated that Iván Márquez was alive, denying the first versions that spoke of his death on the site where was attacked. They then admitted that Márquez suffered an attack on June 29 of last year from which he was able to escape.
According to press reports on Thursday, Colombian government intelligence agencies They are activated to confirm the versions about the possible death of the guerrilla Márquez.
In colombia, CM Notice Center& de Yamit Amat was the first media outlet to confirm the death of the dissident chief on Thursday afternoon. For his part, Time He indicated that he had verified with the security agencies that the guerrilla’s state of health was considered stable: “He had recovered his speech and the mobility of his hands, although a splinter that had remained in his brain affected him.”
#Attention Iván Márquez dies as a result of the injuries he received in an attack in August of last year. Márquez was the leader of the dissidences called ‘Segunda Marquetalia’. pic.twitter.com/liqnQ5Ve4H
– Noticentro 1 CM& (@CMILANOTICIA) July 6, 2023
On December 7 of last year, Time He pointed out that Iván Márquez left the medical center where he was being held in Caracas and was transferred to a secret point near the border with Colombia “with the help of the National Armed Forces (FAN).”
* Also read: El Tiempo: Iván Márquez was transferred to a secret point near the border
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