Word: marulanda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last major outlaw remaining at large is Pedro Antonio Marín, 32, who goes under the aliases of "Marulanda" and "Tiro Fijo" (''Sure Shot"). A bragging Communist, he leads a band of 300 and rules a fief in the hills of south western Colombia by both persuasion and force. The army is cutting away his peasant support with a program of roads, medical aid and agricultural advice. Patrols are pressing the hunt...
...past few months, two of the worst bandit leaders-el Mosco, the Gnat, and el Sultan-have been killed. Between them, they accounted for 500 murders. Most of the bandits are ordinary killers, but Communist and Castroite agents are busy in the backlands. Last week Pedro Marin Marulanda, a well-known Red who calls himself "Sure Shot," destroyed an army helicopter, murdered its two crewmen and kidnaped the passengers. Bandit Frederico Arango, who was killed last year, had a five-foot bookshelf of Communist bestsellers, including Che Guevara's Guerrilla Warfare. Pedro Brincos, also killed last year, was found...