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Enforces Colombia Border
Quito - The Ecuadorian government will
deploy 3,000 additional troops to the border
with Colombia to stop illegal groups, drug
traffickers and fuel smugglers.
According to Security Minister Miguel
Carvajal 7,000 soldiers and 3,541 police are
already stationed alongside the
720-kilometer (450-mile) border.
He said five new military bases and 10
police stations would be built in the
northern areas of Esmeraldas, Carchi,
Imbabura, Sucumbios and Orellana. Air
patrolling will also be increased.
Ecuador, that has cut all diplomatic ties
with its northern neighbor in March 2008
after Colombia attacked a FARC camp on
Ecuadorean territory, says right wing
paramilitary groups are crossing the border
frequently and the Uribe Government is
refusing to secure the border.
President Rafael Correa´s government is also
concerned about the increase in the number
of criminal gangs operating in the border.
Yesterday, in his weekly nationally
televised broadcast, Correa said that "we
are taking very drastic measures now,
because the situation also is tremendously
drastic."
According to the President, Ecuador is
having serious problems now with the
infiltration by the AUC [the demobilized
Self Defense Forces of Colombia] and of
Águilas Negras (Black Eagles), deserters of
the AUC, in the Esmeralda region.
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