Rodrigo Granda

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Noticias RCN news network from Colombia reporting on FARC-EP member Rodrigo Granda, shown here escorted by Colombian policemen after being captured.

Rodrigo Granda is a member of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a powerful guerilla organisation in that country. His name became well-known because of events that took place in late 2004.

Though still active in Colombia, Granda had by that time become a naturalised Venezuelan citizen, allegedly by presenting fraudulent paperwork during the process. While he was attending a conference in Caracas, Venezuela, he was kidnapped by Venezuelan officials. He was transported to Colombia, and arrested the next day. This became known as the Rodrigo Granda affair.