By PEDRO SERVIN

Interpol has issued a "red notice" for the capture of Colombian rebel leader Rodrigo Granda, wanted in connection with a high-profile kidnapping and killing in Paraguay.

The warrant was made public on Interpol's Web site Friday at Paraguay's request. It adds a potential wrinkle to French efforts to free ailing French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who is in her seventh year of captivity with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

As a wanted man, Granda, a top FARC leader, would be unable to travel freely to participate in any prisoner-hostage swap. On a Web site friendly to the FARC on Thursday, Granda had said the rebels would release hostages only in exchange for jailed rebels.

Granda is wanted on charges of murder, kidnapping and membership in a criminal group.

The decision to issue an Interpol "red notice" is the equivalent of putting someone on its most-wanted list. A notice cannot force a country to arrest or extradite suspects, but can put government leaders on the spot for letting suspects move freely.

On Friday, Paraguayan Judge Pedro Martinez confirmed for The Associated Press that he had made the request to Interpol. He did not elaborate on Granda's alleged involvement.

Cecilia Cubas, the 31-year-old daughter of former Paraguayan President Raul Cubas, was kidnapped Sept. 21, 2004, in a sensational abduction that rocked this South American country. She had been dead more than a month when her body was found stuffed down a well at a house on the outskirts of the capital, Asuncion, in February 2005.

At the time, Paraguayan investigators said that they had uncovered e-mail exchanges between Granda and Paraguayan leftist Osmar Martinez in which they allegedly discussed the kidnapping. Martinez was a leader of Patria Libre, or "Free Fatherland," a small leftist group with alleged ties to the FARC.

Martinez and another alleged Patria Libre leader, Anastasio Mieres, received 25 years in prison for the kidnap-murder at a trial in January 2006. Fifteen other members of the group received lesser terms ranging from seven to 22 years each. Three people were acquitted.

Captors initially demanded a $5 million ransom for her release, according to court documents, but ultimately accepted $800,000. Cubas was killed anyway, her ransom money used to finance revolutionary activities in Paraguay, the court documents said.