News Venezuela-Ecuador-FARC vs Colombia

[Pyrrhus]

I hope this doesn't escalate any further.

Ecuador and Venezuela have moved troops to their borders with Colombia in an escalating row over the killing of a Farc rebel leader in Ecuador.
Ecuador and Venezuela have also both expelled Colombian diplomats.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7274222.stm"

 

[mheslep]

Appears likely that old Pineapple head has been helping the FARC gang in Columbia.

Chávez May Have Funded Rebels
Colombian Official Says
FARC Data Mention
$300 Million in Funds
By JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA
March 4, 2008; Page A4

MEXICO CITY -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez may have given Colombia's Communist guerrillas some $300 million in recent months, possibly for the release of several of the group's hostages, the commander of Colombia's national police said.

Gen. Oscar Naranjo said information about the alleged payments came from the computers of Raúl Reyes, a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC, who was killed in a weekend raid in Ecuador. The Colombian official said a note to Mr. Reyes found in one computer from Ivan Marquez, who has been a go-between with Mr. Chávez in negotiations to release hostages. ...

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