Ecuador President Rafael Correa on Saturday said he should quit if there is proof he had any links with the FARC, raising the stakes in a spat with neighbor Colombia, which accuses him of harboring rebels.
First of all Ecuador’s armed forces and police have begun reinforcing control and security along the border with Colombia, Defense Minister Javier Ponce announced Tuesday. Ecuador has identified 10 points at the northern border region, where police have been stationed to prevent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels from crossing into Ecuador.
On the other hand Ecuador earlier this year severed diplomatic ties with Bogota and tensions have remained high after Colombia bombed a rebel camp inside Ecuador, killing Raúl Reyes, a top leader of the FARC and seizing his laptops.
However Correa accused Colombian President Álvaro Uribe of leading a smear campaign against him to divert attention from a scandal involving his allies at home and violent paramilitary groups. Both countries share a 400-mile-long (600-km-long) porous border that is often crossed by Colombian guerrillas to set up camps and plot attacks against the Uribe’s government.
To conlude Ecuador broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia following the latter´s bombing raid on a FARC camp in Ecuadorian territory. Modern radars and technical systems will be used to guarantee border security, the defense minister said, while two fleets of Super Tucanos planes will be used to safeguard the airspace. The move is aimed at meeting the social and economic demands of the people living in border region.
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