Colombia: Rebels Pick New Leader.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the rebel group known as the FARC, disclosed Tuesday that its secretariat had named Rodrigo Londono as its new top commander. The FARC said in a statement that the decision was made unanimously by the group's leadership on Nov. 5, a day after Colombian forces killed Alfonso Cano, the previous commander. Mr. Londono, 52, who uses the aliases Timochenko and Timoleon Jimenez, is considered one of the FARC's leading intelligence operatives and a mastermind of its cocaine trafficking activities. The United States Department of State is offering a reward of as much as $5 million for the capture of Mr. Londono, who American officials say has ordered subordinates to increase production of coca, the plant used to make cocaine, and kidnap American citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]