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Ecuador Opens Military Outposts On Border
With Colombia
QUITO - Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa
urged Colombia to do its bit to secure their
border after opening three new military
outposts on Monday.
The three new Ecuadorean outposts in Freddy
Alcivar, El Palmar and Cantagallo in the
Sucumbios province were set up to intensify
control of irregular groups, according to
the Presidential Office.
Correa said in a speech the new military
outposts were set to "guard national
sovereignty."
He also said Colombia was absent in shared
border surveillance while dozens of military
outposts had been established in the
frontier by Ecuador and called on the
Colombian government to "make efforts to
guard its southern border."
Ecuador and Colombia share a frontier
extending some 720 km, where guerilla
groups, paramilitaries and drug traffickers
are rampant.
Ecuador has demanded several times that the
Colombian government increase its security
presence at the frontier.
Both governments have recently reinstalled a
defunct frontier committee to resume contact
on border security one and a half years
after they cut off ties.
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