Timoleón Jiménez
Colombian politician and former guerrilla
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 a Colombian guerrilla leader and politician. He is the former leader of the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Timoleón Jiménez | |
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Birth name | Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri |
Nickname | "Timoleón Jiménez" "Timochenko" |
Born | Calarcá, Quindío Colombia | January 22, 1959
Allegiance | |
Rank | Supreme leader, Secretariat member, Bloc commander |
Jiménez took over the FARC leadership in November 2011[1] from Alfonso Cano after the leader was killed by the Colombian army.
In 2017, he was hospitalized for a blood clot in the brain.[2] On March 1, 2018, he suffered a heart attack and underwent heart surgery.[3]
References
change- ↑ "FARC appoints 'Timochenko' as new supreme leader". Colombia Reports. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ↑ "FARC leader Timochenko hospitalised". News.com.au. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ↑ "Ex-Colombia guerrilla leader hospitalized with chest pain". ABC News. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
Other websites
change- Timochenko's Twitter page
- US Department of State: Rodrigo Londoño-Echeverry
- 'Timochenko' profile on InSight Crime
- 'Timochenko' profile on Colombia Reports