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| Second senior Farc rebel 'killed' | Second senior Farc rebel 'killed' |
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| The Colombian security forces say they have killed another senior member of the Farc rebel group. | The Colombian security forces say they have killed another senior member of the Farc rebel group. |
| The reported death of Ivan Rios is the second blow to the left-wing guerrilla group in less than a week. | The reported death of Ivan Rios is the second blow to the left-wing guerrilla group in less than a week. |
| Last Saturday another top commander, Raul Reyes, was killed by troops in a raid just inside Ecuador. | Last Saturday another top commander, Raul Reyes, was killed by troops in a raid just inside Ecuador. |
| He was the first member of the Farc's ruling secretariat to die in combat. The killing triggered a diplomatic row, with Ecuador denouncing the incursion. | He was the first member of the Farc's ruling secretariat to die in combat. The killing triggered a diplomatic row, with Ecuador denouncing the incursion. |
| Mr Rios was killed in a mountainous area of the western province of Caldas, military sources say. | |
| The death came as Latin American leaders exchanged accusations at a regional summit over Saturday's cross-border raid. | |
| Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa attacked Colombian "aggression". | |
| His Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, defended the operation, saying he had not informed the Ecuadoreans in advance because they had not co-operated in the past in the fight against the Farc. |