Ecuador Denies It
Acquiesces In Activities
of Colombian Rebels
The Ecuadorian
government Monday firmly
denied it acquiesced in
the activities of the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
on its soil, demanding
Colombia clarify its
accusation against
Ecuador.
The Colombian government
said in a recent
statement that
Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa ordered
the Ecuadorian military
to avoid attacking FARC
on its land.
Ecuador's new Defense
Minister Javier Ponce
said the accusation by
the Colombian government
was a downright lie
aimed to cause conflicts
between the Ecuadorian
government and the
military. He asked
Colombia to clarify its
accusation within 48
hours.
On April 4, Correa said
the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency had
partly manipulated
Ecuador's intelligence
department, and provided
intelligence to Colombia
in a recent
Ecuador-Colombia border
crisis.
Ecuadorian Defense
Minister Wellington
Sandoval resigned over
the scandal on April 9
and President Correa
also sacked some other
senior military
officers.
The Colombian military
unilaterally launched a
cross-border attack
against a FARC camp in
Ecuador. Ecuador severed
its ties with Colombia
two days later in
protest of Colombia's
move.
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