Luis Eduardo Ataya, the governor of the Colombian department of Arauca, a member of the Cambio Radical political party, said on Friday that he has reports showing that Germán Briceño Suárez, also known as "Grannobles," a FARC guerrilla leader, is hiding in Venezuela.

"We have received several reports according to which Grannobles is in the town of Elorza (Venezuela)," Ataya said in an interview with the Colombian TV station Caracol Noticias, Efe reported.

The governor added that the guerrilla leader, who heads the Eastern Bloc of FARC, "is settled in the town of Elorza."

According to Colombian media, including weekly magazine Semana, Grannobles is mainly dedicated to cocaine trafficking in Venezuela.

Apparently, Briceño is not following orders from the central command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Source: ElUniversal.com