05 March 2008

With US Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Kill 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador

With US Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Kill 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador

Tensions are high in the Andes following a Colombian military attack in neighboring Ecuador. A leading commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC—and twenty other fighters were killed Saturday when Colombian troops crossed the Ecuadorian border in a pre-dawn raid. On Monday, both Ecuador and Venezuela rushed troops to their borders with Colombia and said they would cut their diplomatic ties with Bogota.

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