BOGOTA (Reuters) - Victor Carranza, an infamous Colombian miner known as "The Emerald Czar" for his leading role in the nation's gems trade, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer.
Carranza, 77, controlled some of the nation's largest emerald mines, including Puerto Arturo in the Andean mountains of Boyaca. He was also one the Colombia's biggest landowners.
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