**Suspected leftist Farc rebels in Colombia have kidnapped the governor of southern Caqueta province, say reports.**Local officials said a group of around 20 armed men wearing uniforms seized Luis Fernando Cuellar from his house in the provincial capital, Florencia.
A police guard was also reported to have been killed in the attack, blamed on the Farc.
The area, close to the Colombian Amazon, has been a stronghold of the Farc for many years.
Edilberto Ramon Endo, secretary of the government of Caqueta province, said Mr Cuellar had been forced out of his home by the gunmen.
He was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying an operation to rescue Mr Cuellar was under way.
The Farc is Colombia’s oldest and largest left-wing rebel group.
The rurally-based group was once thought to have some 16,000 fighters, but reports suggest it now has about 9,000.
The Farc has suffered several defeats at the hands of conservative President Alvaro Uribe’s security forces.