The Military commander is Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, also known as Mono JoJoy. Mono Jojoy joined the FARC when he was 12 years old and moved up the ranks. He was in the FARC’s drug activities, and was involved in kidnappings and extortion. He was the leading military commander for the FARC until Colombian government forces killed him in 2010. The FARCs supreme leader is Alfanso Can , legal name Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas. Cano joined the FARC in the 1970s. In 1981, Cano got arrested in a raid on his family home and remained imprisoned until 1982 when President Betancur granted him amnesty. After his release, he became commander of the FARC’s Western Bloc. Following the death of Jacobo Arenas in 1992, Cano became a member of the Secretariat.
