Photo: The military believes Timochenko is hiding in the Perija mountains in Norte de Santander provinceColombia Farc Rebels Pick Timochenko As New Leader -- BBC
Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, says it has chosen Rodrigo Londono - better known by his alias Timochenko - as its new leader.
The Farc said Timochenko had been unanimously elected by the group's secretariat, its top body.
This follows the killing by the security forces of the previous leader, Alfonso Cano, on 4 November.
Timochenko is accused of being behind some of the Farc's most infamous attacks and kidnapping raids.
In a statement posted on a website sympathetic to the rebels, the group said its new leader would "guarantee the strategic plan for the take-over of power by the people".
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