"During his time as Defence Minister, notable controversial events included a military raid inside Ecuador's territory that killed FARC leader Raúl Reyes on 1 March 2008.

In 2008 the 'false positives' scandal was uncovered,referring to revelations concerning extrajudicial executions carried out by members of the military in order to artificially increase the number of guerrillas killed by the Army and claim rewards from the government. On 4 November 2008, Santos admitted that the military had carried out extrajudicial executions

There was a misuse of an International Committee of the Red Cross symbol during Operation Jaque used to safely rescue hostages from FARC."

Now extra-judicial killings are no bar to being given the Nobel "Peace" Prize. The least credible of the Nobel Prizes continues to deliver....