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Iván Márquez, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Segunda Marquetalia, reportedly died Friday in a Caracas hospital. "The information provided by the group is that he died in a hospital in Caracas, where he received medical attention for serious injuries suffered in an attack in Venezuela at the end of June 2022," a source close to the Segunda Marquetalia told Reuters. Neither Colombian nor Venezuelan officials have confirmed his death. The guerrilla commander, whose legal name was Luciano Marín Arango, was a seasoned leader within the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP) and a member of its secretariat. Márquez was also the lead negotiator for the rebel organization in peace talks with the Colombian government held in Cuba and facilitated by Venezuela. The FARC-EP eventually reached an agreement with the government of then President Juan Manuel Santos in 2016, leading to the demobilization of the rebel organization’s forces under the supervision of the United Nations. https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15804