as you may have heard in the news, last week 'el mono jojoy' was shot by the colombian army. it was last thursday infact and many caleños (people from cali) were extremely happy, you could feel it in the air.
el mono was a prominient figure in the guerilla forces in colombia and was well known for many assasinations, both of promenient figures in government, politics and buisness as well as many innocent. he was also known to use sadistic methods of killing and torturing. car bombings, one major event in bogotá feb 2003 which killed 36 and injured another 100 civilians, hostage situations, and forcible ecruiting of children into FARC have also been attributed to him.
many people have been personally afected or know someone who has been by el mono's actions, so the news that he is now dead brings some relief to a lot o people. and ofcourse it is a victory for the army in the war against the guerilla forces who have generally given up thier robin hood ideal and instead moved to drug trafficing and the pursuit of money and power.
but ofcourse there is still along way to go....
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