The Fifth National Guerrilla Conference is held in the Department of Meta. The Secretariat of the Central General Staff was officially organized, as the highest command of the FARC. The latter was composed of Manuel Marulanda, Jacobo Arenas, Martín Villa, Asnardio Betancourt (Balín), Néstor Arenas (El Tigre Mono) and Rigoberto Lozada (Joselo).