Jorge Briceño

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Wanted cards distributed by the Colombian government asking for information that can lead to Jorge Briceño's arrest.

Victor Julio Suárez Rojas aka Jorge Briceño Suárez, (nom de guerre: Mono Jojoy) is a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia a Colombian guerrilla organization. Briceño commands the Eastern Bloc of the FARC-EP and is a member of the FARC Secretariat He is under indictment in the United States for killing three Americans, terrorism and narcotics trafficking activities. The Colombian government also indicted him.

Jorge Briceño-Suarez is one of Colombia’s most wanted rebels. He is wanted for a number of specific, high-profile crimes as well as for his general responsibility as a senior leader for FARC’s revolutionary activities. Specifically, he has been implicated in a bombing in Bogotá that killed 36 and injured more than 100 in November 2003. He was indicted by the United States in 2002 for killing three Americans in 1999. He also may have been involved in the kidnapping and murder of three American missionaries in 1993. He is wanted on drug-trafficking charges in both Colombia and the United States. More recently, he was charged in early 2006 with recruiting children for the FARC.

Jorge Briceño-Suarez remains one of the most dangerous and important Colombian guerrilla leaders at large. The U.S. Attorney General has requested his extradition if he is captured. He is most likely in eastern Colombia or in Venezuela.