via Stratfor: Colombian monthly magazine Diners reports in its latest issue that Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group, has terminal cancer and will be dead within six months. Citing unnamed "sources very close to the FARC," the article states that Marulanda -- who is nearly 74 -- has advanced prostate cancer and has chosen to forgo further treatment. The FARC's high command is already in the process of choosing a new leader. Reports of Marulanda's imminent death have surfaced repeatedly in recent years. However, the veteran rebel leader has not been heard from or seen publicly since March 2002. All of the FARC's public communications have been handled either by spokesman Raul Reyes, who is married to Marulanda's daughter, or by war chief Jorge "Mono Jojoy" Briceno.