Record Reward for Colombia Rebel after Bombing

CAUCA - Colombia's Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez is offering a record reward for information leading to the capture of a rebel leader known as "Marlon".

"Marlon", whose real name is Ivan Jacob Idrobo Arredondo, is suspected of having ordered Saturday's bomb attack on the Pan-American Highway, in which 20 people were killed. The attack is one of the deadliest targeting civilians and comes just over a month before presidential elections scheduled for 31 May.

Sanchez said the 5bn peso reward for "Marlon" is the highest offered by Colombia. The defence minister accused "Marlon" of being behind Saturday's attack as well as a series of others in the provinces of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, in south-western Colombia, over the weekend. No evidence or details have been released.

In the deadliest of these incidents, 15 women and five men were killed when an explosive device was detonated on the motorway connecting the cities of Cali and Popayan. Several buses and other vehicles were destroyed in the blast, which opened up a huge crater.

"Marlon" belongs to an armed group led by a dissident rebel known by the alias of Ivan Mordisco, Colombia's most wanted man.
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