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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A day after surrendering to the army, Colombia’s best-known female rebel commander urged other guerrillas Monday to follow her example and abandon their decades-long struggle.
Nelly Avila Moreno, better known as “Karina,” denied her bloody reputation during a news conference and said her surrender owed much to intense military operations. She said she feared for her life after the recent murder of a fellow rebel commander by one of his bodyguards.
Her surrender Sunday was a major propaganda victory for Colombia’s president, Alvaro Uribe, who has made defeating the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, the cornerstone of his administration.
