Colombian High Commissioner for Peace, Luis Carlos Restrepo, Thursday denied that a satellite phone call, through which the Colombian Army was able to detect, locate and kill the second highest-ranking leader of the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), Raúl Reyes, was made at his request.

"In an interview (with Colombian opposition Senator Piedad Córdoba, former mediator before the FARC) published in the last issue (of magazine Cambio), she speaks about an alleged call to 'Raúl Reyes' made by a French official at my request that was tracked in order to plan the (military) operation against him," said Restrepo.

The high-ranking official sent a letter to Cambio expressing his "concern" about Córdoba's statements, for her "imprudence" and making "unjustified" remarks, reported Efe.