Colombia Claims Computer Coup

Besides killing Raul Reyes, the most senior leader lost by the Farc guerrillas so far, the raid on the rebel camp in Ecuador unearthed a wealth of information on Farc's relations with the governments of neighboring countries.

Laptops belonging to Reyes were seized in the raid. The most sensational document on them strongly indicates that Hugo Chavez, president of Venenuela, paid or planned to pay the guerrillas $300m.

In a memo, seen by the Guardian, dated February 8 from Reyes to other members of the Farc's secretariat he mentions meeting a person apparently sent by Chavez who suggests they process the "package" through the black market "to avoid problems".

In another memo dated February 28, Reyes summarizes a meeting with an envoy of Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador, who, according to the rebel's notes, proposed the government and the Farc work together to secure the border. "He wants to co-ordinate with us about the binational border," Reyes wrote, according to the document.

Another document indicates the guerrillas were trying to obtain radioactive material for dirty bombs. "About the uranium, there's a man who supplies me with the material for the explosive we are preparing," a person named Edgar Tovar wrote to Reyes in a memo dated February 16.