In news from Latin America, Ecuador’s Attorney General Alfredo Alvear said Ecuador is putting together a case that could result in bringing Colombia before an international court for carrying out a military strike inside Ecuador. On March 1, Colombian troops killed at least twenty-five people at a camp in Ecuador run by the Colombian rebel group FARC. On Sunday, Colombia admitted one of the dead was an Ecuadorian man. Five Mexican students were also killed in the attack. Meanwhile, the Inter Press Service reports the US military base in Manta, Ecuador may have been used in the attack. Military and diplomatic sources told the news service that the air base played a role in locating and carrying out reconnaissance of the FARC camp in Ecuador.
Ecuador Considers Bringing Charges Against Colombia
HeadlineMar 25, 2008