Ricardo González[1] also known as Rodrigo Granda is a Colombian Venezuelan, member of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Due to this unauthorized Colombian operation in Venezuelan territory, his arrest created a temporal severance of bilateral relations between the governments of Hugo Chávez and Álvaro Uribe.
[5] In November 2007, Granda traveled to Venezuela along with alias Iván Márquez and other group of guerrillas to meet President Hugo Chávez and Colombian senator Piedad Córdoba in the Miraflores Palace, Caracas in an attempt to negotiate an exchange of prisoners.
After the failure of the negotiations and the diplomatic tensions generated from this between the governments of Álvaro Uribe and Hugo Chávez, it was reported that Granda was among those registered to vote in Venezuela for the 2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum.
[6] CNE member Vicente Díaz told reporters that Granda can't be removed from the electoral registry at this time, but that he is not allowed to vote due to an administrative objection from 2005.