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Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, left, at the launch of an army battalion last week. Mauricio Duenas / AFP/Getty Images

Plot To Kill Colombia Defense Chief Is Foiled -- L.A. Times

Juan Manuel Santos is credited with successes against the FARC rebels and has been the target of numerous assassination attempts.

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia -- The would-be killers mounted a daring plan: renting a property adjacent to Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos' suburban farm and secreting police uniforms, weapons and motorcycles at the site to facilitate a Holy Week assassination.

Once again, Colombia's largest rebel group, known as the FARC, was trying to kill Santos.

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