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Important FARC leader captured

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Colombian authorities say they captured an important member of the FARC, who was second in command of the rebels' drug trafficking activities.

Wilson 'Reciclo' Urbano Lopez was arrested in Ibagué, Tolima after months of intelligence work, the Police say.

Urbano is suspected of having direct contact with drug gangs in Central America, that are in charge of exporting the drugs to the United States for consumption.

The suspected guerrilla was sent to Bogotá where authorities will begin the procedure needed for extradition to the U.S.