Timoleón Jiménez
Colombian politician and former guerrilla / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri (born January 22, 1959 in Calarcá, Quindío), most known under the nom de guerre Timoleón Jiménez and the nickname Timochenko or Timochenco, is a Colombian guerrilla leader and politician. He is the former leader of the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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Timoleón Jiménez | |
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Birth name | Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri |
Nickname | "Timoleón Jiménez" "Timochenko" |
Born | (1959-01-22) January 22, 1959 (age 65) Calarcá, Quindío Colombia |
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Rank | Supreme leader, Secretariat member, Bloc commander |
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Jiménez took over the FARC leadership in November 2011[1] from Alfonso Cano after the leader was killed by the Colombian army.
In 2017, he was hospitalized for a blood clot in the brain.[2] On March 1, 2018, he suffered a heart attack and underwent heart surgery.[3]