As I'm finishing up the last third of "The Viper," Colombia has been in the news all week, after FARC's 34th Front has kidnapped the army general commanding Colombia's counterinsurgency task force. President Santos has responded by suspending the peace talks in Havana and ordering a massive search for the general.
As a result of Colombia's successful, American-backed campaign targeting the FARC leadership, its units are essentially operating independently, many acting as mercenaries or involved in drug trafficking. The 34th Front has been the most intransigent and is the most heavily committed to fighting the Colombian state. They've all but officially rejected the peace talks by their actions.
FARC agents refusing to give up the fight and engaging in rogue acts of terrorism that threaten the peace talks is the subject of "The Viper."
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