Columbian drug baron killed by security forces
A brutal drug lord with a $2.5m (€1.88m) bounty on his head and reputed ties to right-wing militias died during clashes with security forces in southern Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos announced.
Pedro Oliverio Guerrero, also know as The Knife, led the so-called Popular Revolutionary Anti-Terrorist Army of Colombia that protected coca harvests and drug trafficking routes in eastern Colombia, according to US officials.
