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Ecuador rejects harboring
Colombia's rebel chief
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister
Francisco Carrion on Friday
denied that the chief of
Colombia's largest rebel group,
the Revolutionary Armed Forces
of Colombia (FARC), was hiding
in Ecuador, terming the
criticism baseless.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
on Friday blamed the FARC for a
car bombing at a military
academy in the Colombian capital
of Bogota on Thursday, noting
that the FARC chief was hiding
in one of Ecuador's tropical
jungles, and was involved in
producing and smuggling drugs.
Carrion rejected Uribe's
remarks, saying Ecuadorian
security forces have adopted
effective measures against
Colombia's rebels who cross the
borders illegally.
Ecuador and Colombia share a
land border of over 580 km.
Since the beginning of this
year, Ecuador has blamed
Colombia's military for
infringing on its territory. The
bilateral relations were once
strained when Colombia's
military had accidentally
injured Ecuadorian border
residents several times, in the
pursuit of rebels.
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